Case Worker, Children Services

**Do you have a genuine commitment to child safety and a passion for advocating for children and young people with disability?
- **Be the Place You Want to Work**
- ** Salary packaging to $15,900 | Fitness Passport**
- ** Diversity and Inclusion | Hybrid work environment**
- ** Level 4, Pay Point 1: $43.08 - $46.35 per hour (Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010)**

Westhaven is seeking a dedicated **Caseworker** to support and advocate for Children and Young People living with significant disability to **live life the way they choose.**

**About us**
Westhaven is and will continue to be the provider of choice for disability support services and accommodation across regional NSW. Westhaven provides client-centric, high quality programs and activities that provide whole of life support for people with disability, including offering houses that are homes, enabling choice and control and supporting clients to **live life the way they choose**.**

**About the role**
As a **Caseworker** you will coordinate casework responsibilities for children and young people (CYP) within Westhaven’s Intensive Therapeutic Care for Children and Young People with Significant Disability (ITC-SD) program.

**Key responsibilities**
- Work as part of a Therapeutic Care Team, managing the casework cycle for children and young people in care
- Ensure Case Plans are developed, reviewed and implemented within set timeframes
- Maintain regular contact with children and young people, seek their views and opinions and monitor their wellbeing
- Ensure that data is collected and recorded in a timely way
- Ensure that Casework is conducted consistent with the requirements of the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG)

**To be on the forefront of this opportunity you will**:

- Have knowledge and understanding of the Children and Young Person (Care and Protection) Act 1998, NSW Child Safe Standards for Permanent Care and trauma informed practices
- Understand the supports and issues of children and young people living with significant disabilities
- Have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal communities, families and children specifically in relation to the placement of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC
- Be proficient in report writing, have demonstrated ability to develop, organise and maintain records in a timely manner using client management databases and Google Suite (or similar)
- Have highly developed organisational skills, communication skills and conflict resolutions skills

**Highly desirable attributes include**:

- Experience in case management, child protection, child welfare practice or related field
- Experience working with people with a disability
- Ability to coordinate the development, implementation and review Case Plans for children in out-of-home care

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Bachelor degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a relevant Behavioural Science; or be of Indigenous descent and be willing to obtain qualifications
- A current NSW Driver’s licence
- Undertake a National Criminal Record Check
- The ability to obtain and maintain a paid Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a National Disability Insurance Scheme Workers Check (NDISWC) Appropriately vaccinated against Covid-19 and able to provide evidence
- **About applying**

Please submit your CV and a cover letter addressing your abilities to undertake the key responsibilities of this role.

**We encourage diversity and inclusion**

**Applications close: 22 November 2024