Identified Case Manager

**Full time position based in Loganholme**:

- **$74k - $92k inclusive of super (salary dependent on qualifications and experience) + Salary Packaging**:

- **Flexible Friendly organisation, WFH & part time options available**

**_This is an Identified position. The Benevolent Society considers that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act QLD 1991. _**

The Benevolent Society supports Australians by offering integrated support services for children, young people, families, people with disability, older Australians and carers.

We work across Australia, nationally through virtual service delivery and in person in NSW, VIC, ACT, SA and QLD. We work with thousands of people every day, to help them feel valued, cared for and understood.

**About the role**

Our Intensive Family Support Program strengthens families so children can live at home safely, free from abuse and neglect, and enjoy the best possible start to life. We deliver voluntary services to families at high risk of entering or escalating within the statutory child protection system.

As our Case Manager, you will engage and support at risk families to make different choices for their children. You will enable families to overcome risks by using evidence informed practices, partnering with other services and supporting the family to shape their next chapter.

**Duties**
- Use your practice framework as well as Structured Decision Making tools in your everyday practice
- Undertake an initial assessment of a family’s strengths and needs
- Develop case plans that build on the family’s resilience to enable them to overcome risks and increase the family’s functioning.
- Work closely with statutory child protection services and other statutory and community services to help support families to shape their next chapter and further strengthen their family

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A best life is deeply personal. It can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

- **Salary Benefits** -** In addition to your salary you can package up to $15,900 pa pre tax and benefit from a $2,650 meals and entertainment card + discount program and package vehicles
- **Work/Life Balance** - **Flexible work arrangements including part time hours + laptop & phone provided to work remotely + 1 accrued day off a month for full time employees
- **Recognition and Reward** - **Length of Service rewards + long service leave after 5 years
- **Wellness** - Fitness passport + Employee Assistance Program + opportunity to purchase additional leave
- **Professional development** - **Ongoing learning, training and career progression opportunities

**Skills and Experience**

As well as having recognition from Community as a culturally safe person and practitioner, you will have:

- 3+ years’ experience working with ATSI children and families within safety and/or well-being context with 1+ year case management experience
- Formal qualifications in social work, early childhood, psychology is desirable
- Excellent understanding of child protection issues & client vulnerabilities, and the impact of trauma and the effect on child behaviour and development
- Understanding of the needs of diverse communities such as ATSI, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), and LGBTI communities.

Contact Karen Davies on 0411 547 742 or Kylie Holmes on 0479 181 886 to discuss the role in more detail.

Internally this role is called a Child & Family Practitioner.