Intensive Family Preservation Caseworker

**Attractive Salary Packaging options**:

- ** Supportive team environment**:

- ** Flexible work opportunities**

**About the role**

This is a rewarding and outcome focussed role working within our Intensive Family Preservation team for an experienced Case Worker. This work supports the safety and well-being of the child, young person, and their families to break the cycle of disadvantage. The work is delivered through trauma-informed, child focused therapeutic casework.

**Duties**
- Provide effective, flexible, high quality intensive family preservation Case work.
- Provide comprehensive time framed case plans, case reviews and maintain timely and relevant case notes.
- Participate in a rotating 24hrs on-call service.
- Work effectively within a child protection framework; understand, respond, and address safety and/or risk for children and families.
- Providing trauma informed and evidenced based practice to child and family interventions.
- Knowledge of housing issues, domestic violence, child protection, child development and mental health
- Demonstrated networking and advocacy skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage crisis situations and make sound decisions under pressure.

**About you**
- Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, or similar degree. A relevant diploma with 3 years’ experience will also be considered.
- Demonstrated casework experience working and engaging with children, young people, and their families using a person centred, strength based and trauma informed approach.
- Have experience in child protection work and knowledge of the Child and Young Person (Care & Protection) Act 1988
- The ability to work therapeutically with a variety of client populations with complex issues.
- Experience in group work and parent education
- Highly developed communication and time management skills

**About us**

At CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay we make a positive difference in the lives of the people we serve. Our services include NDIS disability services, foster care and out of home care supports, services for seniors, children’s services and a range of Community Services supports.

We are also a child-safe and child-friendly organisation.

We are a safe, respectful, and inclusive employer. We welcome all applicants, regardless of their cultural background, gender, faith, or disability. Our organisation will accommodate any reasonable requests to support you to thrive during the recruitment process and beyond.

**Culture and Benefits**

We know the changing roles can be a big decision, so here is what we can offer you:

- SCHADS Level 5.1.
- Salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900 increasing your take home pay
- Rewards and recognition.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Employee well-being support.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support.

**How to apply**

**No recruitment agencies please