Case Manager, Early Years Centre

**Part-time (0.8), max-term position based on**Yugambeh Country**in Nerang**:

- ** $45.81ph + Super + Salary Packaging**:

- ** Flexible, friendly organisation**

**Our Organisation**

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.

As part of The Benevolent Society vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

**About the role**

Our Early Years Places are community hubs offering child health services, supported playgroups, family support, parenting programs, community engagement and early childhood education whilst focusing on early intervention and prevention to ultimately empower children and families.

We are a supportive, multidisciplinary team with a broad range of early childhood teachers and educators, social workers, midwives, child health nurses and allied health qualified professionals committed to high quality work providing wrap around early intervention services.

**Duties**

As a **Case Manager (Child & Family Practitioner)** within our Early Years Centre, you will
- Manage a client caseload (families who have young children aged 0-8 years).
- Work in partnership with families to assess strengths, needs and risks, develop, implement and periodically review case plans.
- Utilize a strengths-based perspective to address families' identified needs and enhance family living skills.
- Support the delivery of other programs such as playgroups and parenting programs.

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘**best life’**is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:

- **Salary Benefits** -**You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay
- **Work/Life Balance** - Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee.
- **Recognition and Reward**-** Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.
- **Wellnes**s -** Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
- **Professional Development -**We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.
- **Our Reconciliation Commitment**-**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are entitled up to 2 days paid plus up to 10 days unpaid cultural leave, as well as the option to be a voice on** reference networking groups**, the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways and your social and emotional wellbeing.

**Skills and Experience**

We want you to be successful in your new role This means**,**you’ll have a **d**egree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology** or related discipline and:

- Engage and support families with regular in-home support services.
- High level understanding of preventative and early intervention approaches in child and family support;
- Undertake an initial assessment of family strengths and needs and develop case plans that build on the family’s resilience to enable them to build strong, positive relationships.
- Use evidence informed practices while partnering with other services to support the family to shape their intervention.
- High level of interpersonal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with families from a range of diverse backgrounds.
- Identify and respond to risks, including escalating concerns and making child protection reports where necessary.
- Proficient in working with First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse families.
- Current driver's licence and valid Blue Card.
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of the First Nations people, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace._

Have any questions? Please contact**Shannon on 0413 907 025**for a friendly, confidential discussion.
- Internally this role is called as Child and Family Practitioner