Youth Services Case Manager

**Introduction**:
About ATSICHS Brisbane

ATSICHS Brisbane is a not-for-profit community owned health and human services organisation delivering on the unique health and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in greater Brisbane and Logan. We pride ourselves on providing health and human services, our way - supporting our people and community in our commitment to create a flourishing future and lasting legacy for them and their families.

**Description**:
About the role

The Youth Services Case Manager provides tailored case management services for young people at risk of disconnecting with their family/ community, disengagement from education, training and employment, homelessness, or at risk of harm. Youth Services Case Managers are responsible for effective engagement with young people, their families and their support network to identify the young person’s needs and aspirations, and record and progress a plan created and led by the young person.

Duties

Meet individual case performance targets as per weekly, monthly, and quarterly dashboard system.
Facilitate a client-led assessment and Care Plan to identify the client’s goals, including the entire family, where appropriate.
Provide role-specific targeted interventions and family facilitated group meetings in achieving client goals.
Commit to a high level of quality management for ATSICHS through the use of LogiQC quality management systems and MobNet tasks.

Culture

We are a diverse, ambitious team excited about what we do. We value integrity, excellence, transparency, and accountability. We work as a team to make our customers and ourselves successful.

**Benefits**:

- Starting Salary of $68,000 per annum (depending on qualification and experience) + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay).
- Permanent full time position.
- Supportive and collaborative team of dedicated professionals.

**Skills and Experiences**:
COVID - 19 Requirements
- Immunisation history showing evidence of up-to-date COVID vaccinations.

Required

Current Cert 4 in Social Work, Human Services, Social Science, Health, Allied Health, Youth Work, Community Services, Child and Family Intervention with at least 12-months experience in a case management role.

OR

Current graduate university bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, Social Science, Health, Allied Health, Youth Work, Community Services, Criminology with at least a 10-week full-time placement in social service field.
Demonstrated ability and comfortableness working in a performance driven environment to meet individual weekly, monthly and quarterly performance targets.
Demonstrated ability to build client agency, self-efficacy and facilitate change through client empowerment, while actively discouraging client dependence on supports.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide behaviour change interventions that build client self-awareness and active change in achieving their identified goals.
Demonstrated ability to work with the whole-of-family, irrespective of primary client, in meeting the totality of family needs.
Demonstrated ability in coordinating multiple services in providing access to holistic care for clients, particularly integrating internal agency supports across multiple teams.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the factors contributing to vulnerability, disengagement, and intergenerational trauma of client group.
Experience with case management for high risk and/or crisis clients, with high-level planning and organisational skills.
Knowledge of the supports available to target clients in the areas of mental health, substance misuse, education, employment and housing.

Additional Requirement

Requirement to travel across the Logan and/or Brisbane region, as per program location.
Current drivers’ licence.
Flexibility to work outside 8:30am-5pm business hours in meeting individual client needs and provide responsive care.
Working with Children’s Card (Blue Card) or be eligible to apply.

How to apply

Only successful applicants will be contacted.