Case Manager

**Full time (or Part-time 4 days/wk), 12-month contract position based in Melrose Park**:

- ** $93k - $100kpa inclusive of Super + Salary Packaging**:

- ** Flexible Friendly organisation, Hybrid work options available**

**Our Organisation**

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.

As part of The Benevolent Society vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

**About the role**

Our** Resilient Families program** is a **therapeutic, evidence informed program** designed to provide 12-month, **intensive, in-home support** to families with at least one child aged 9 years and under. This is an innovative funding model developed in partnership with the South Australian Government. The Benevolent Society is the first organisation to deliver this program in South Australia.

As our **Case Manager,** you will provide **intensive support** to families enabling children to live safely at home where there are **significant complex vulnerabilities**.

**Duties**
- ** Engage** clients including children, young people, adults and/or families, using appropriate assessment and risk minimisation processes.
- Work with clients to** undertake comprehensive assessments** to develop, implement, monitor and review their client plan and outcomes that identify strengths as well as areas of risk, ensuring children and young people are actively engaged in the process.
- ** Coordinate** with other service providers including government departments and agencies, schools, health services, GP’s and allied health providers to ensure services are delivered.
- Assist clients to engage with **wrap around services** directly, as appropriate.

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

- **Salary Benefits -** You can package up to $15,900 pa of you pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses and benefit from a $2,650 meals and entertainment card + discount program before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home _even more pay_
- ** Motor Vehicle Packaging Options -** **to suit your lifestyle.
- **Work/Life Balance -** **Flexible work arrangements including part time hours, hybrid home/office work arrangements, 1 accrued day off a month for full time employees.
- **Recognition and Reward -** **Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years
- **Wellness -**Fitness passport + Employee Assistance Program + opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- ** Professional development -** **We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth
- **Our Reconciliation Commitment** - a First Nations employees are entitled up to 10 days of unpaid leave for ceremonial purposes, as well as the option to be a voice on our RAP working group, and have the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.

**Skills and Experience**

You will have a degree qualification, at least 3 years work experience in the Child Protection system and:

- Ability to actively **engage high needs families** using client-centered, strengths based approaches
- An interest and/or experience in **male inclusive practice**:

- Ability to **work autonomously** with families where various psycho-social issues are present
- High level **written and verbal communication** + current drivers license
- Excellent **relationship building skills** and experience working with the local Aboriginal communities
- Comfortable working in Evidence Informed Practice with a outcomes focus + understanding of current evidence based practice and intervention approaches for families and children
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of the First Nations people, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace. _

Have any questions? Call **Kelly Gribben** on **0481 466 175** to find out more about the role.
- _Internally this role is known as a Child & Family Practitioner_
- The artwork above is by Jasmine Sarin, a proud Kami