Case Manager

5 days ago

Geelong, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 505049
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Geelong & Great Ocean Road
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family

**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 our Family Based Care team, you will work alongside children, young people, their carers, and families to create and carry out case plans that promote permanency and align with the best interests of each child or young person. You’ll also collaborate closely with the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) and other key services to ensure all support aligns with case plans and court directives. In this role, you'll be instrumental in promoting quality practice, and ensuring the safety, stability, and wellbeing of children and young people in care.

This position is based within Geelong and Surrounds, with a hybrid (Work from home/on-site) work arrangement. Regular travel is a requirement of the position, and a fully maintained company vehicle (including personal use) will be provided to the successful applicant.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Case management for children in foster care and/or Targeted Care Packages (TCP), including living with parents, kinship care or independent living.
- Building strong relationships with children, young people, and carers through regular home and outreach visits.
- Including client voice in care planning and preparing them for leaving care.
- Collaborating with care teams to meet health, development, and wellbeing needs.
- Supporting and coaching foster carers to ensure a safe, secure environment for children & young people.

**Skills & Experience**
- Relevant bachelor’s degree such as Social Work, Social Welfare, Psychology or similar
- Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care and effective responses to pain-based behaviours.
- Proven experience in case management within child protection, including developing and implementing case plans.
- Skilled in managing complex caseloads and prioritising competing demands in high-pressure environments.
- Culturally responsive practice when working with individuals, families, and diverse communities.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and produce high-quality written documentation.
- A current unrestricted driver’s licence.

**How to Apply**

**Applications Close at Midnight, Monday 26**th** May 2025**

**Advertised**: 12 May 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 26 May 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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