Case Manager. Niss Forced Marriage

**Job no**: 504408
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Sunshine
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family, Immigration Support Services
- **Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations**:

- **Hybrid role - work from home and the office (Sunshine)**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Competitive base salary + 11.5% super, salary sacrifice and entertainments card**

**About the Organisation**

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the role**

As a **Case Manager** in the **Forced Marriages Specialist Support Program**, you will provide intensive case management support, working with clients to empower them on their journey to safety and independence. Your empathetic approach and strong advocacy skills will be essential in navigating the complex legal and cultural challenges. Engaging with families, communities and services, you will have a key role in raising awareness of the risks of Forced Marriage.

This is a permanent full-time position based in Sunshine (VIC) with work from home flexibility.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Conducting comprehensive assessments
- Working with Individuals / families who are victims/survivors of Forced Marriage and Family Violence
- Offering emotional & practical assistance
- Facilitating access to essential services
- Work closely with internal and external stakeholders
- Participate in community awareness activities to promote understanding and prevention of Forced Marriages

**Skills & Experience**
- A recognised Degree qualification in Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology, Nursing or Mental Health, or a recognised Diploma in a related field and working towards a degree qualification.
- Experience developing quality case plans or individual plans
- Demonstrated experience working autonomously with multiple clients simultaneously
- Experience working with individuals, families or groups from a culturally appropriate perspective
- High level communication, influencing, liaison, negotiation and mediation skills
- Current unrestricted drivers licence

**Benefits.**
- Competitive base salary + 11.5% super
- $2000 annual meal & entertainment card for everyday living expenses (for example, mortgage or rent)
- Options in a Novated Car Lease - pay no GST on the purchase price of new car or save on running costs of existing car.
- A mobile phone and laptop
- A rostered day off per month
- Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purposes organisations.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Travel club membership & discounted health insurance

**Additional Support**

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all NISS and Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.

**How to Apply**
- Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process._

**Advertised**: 05 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 15 Dec 2024 23:55 AUS Eastern Daylight Time