Therapeutic Home-based Care Case Manager

2 weeks ago

Preston, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time

**About the role**

Are you ready to take on a deeply rewarding role that changes lives?

We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated professional to join our Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) program — a specialised service within MacKillop Family Services' Out of Home Care (OOHC) Division, designed to support children and young people who have experienced complex trauma, disrupted attachments, and high support needs.

This is not your average case management role. As part of a small, close-knit therapeutic team, you’ll work intensively with carers and children to create meaningful, lasting change. You’ll walk alongside young people as they navigate some of life’s biggest challenges — helping them move toward healing, stability, and long-term permanency.

**This is a full-time, fixed term parental leave position (38 hours per week until 06/07/2026) opportunity based in Preston within our Out of Home Care (OoHC) Program. The position reports to the Home Based Care Coordinator.**

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- An appropriate tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or related discipline is essential. Training and experience in relevant child, adolescent and family practice and/or case management is preferred.
- Evidence of a well-developed understanding of Attachment and Trauma theories, the relationship to child abuse and neglect, together with an understanding of intellectual disability and an ability to assist others to understand the implications.
- Extensive experience and demonstrated skills in working with vulnerable children, young people, families in a trauma-informed way, including an understanding of NDIS and child protection system, including out of home care service system.
- A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families.**For a full listing please view the Position Description at the bottom of this page.**

**For Seek applicants, the Position Description will be available when you click 'apply'**

For more information, please contact:
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Our offer:_**
- _ Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)_
- _ Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training _
- _Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges_
- _ Click _HERE_ to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees._

**You must have a**:

- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

**Our Commitment**:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.Video

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