Child And Family Case Manager

**Churches of Christ, Children, Youth and Families, Jamboree Heights**

**Full-time Opportunity**

**Imagine a career at Churches of Christ**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Employee discount program through our large network or retail partners (Bupa Health, Medibank, JB HI-FI etc);
- A work culture that values you.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**The importance of this role**

You are an experienced and motivated Child and Family Case Manager who will be responsible for working alongside families to increase safety and well-being of children in their care. This will include a variety of key accountabilities including but not limited to, conducting risk and needs assessments, provision of information, advice and referrals to universal and other community supports.

You thrive on building rapport quickly, and effectively engaging families in a positive and friendly manner, including the use of assertive outreach strategies to engage families and sustain their engagement during the intervention period.

You will play a lead role in the development, co-ordination, ongoing review and evaluation of a single case plan. You will perform this effectively through collaboration with the family, key community members and other service providers, ensuring it is based on assessment information, is strengths based, client focused, holistic and trauma informed.

Remuneration for this role is $46.72 - $48.83 per hour commensurate with experience.

**What you can bring to the team**

You are passionate about the welfare of children and supporting families to build capacity for keeping children safe and achieving the absolute best outcomes for them. With an empathetic nature you are compassionate toward vulnerable individuals. You are approachable, and a good problem solver who can think quickly on your feet to make sound decisions.

With effective communication skills, you are capable of liaising comfortably with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

To be suitable for this position, your experience and qualifications for the role will consist of:

- Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences or a related discipline;
- Understanding of child development and trauma theory to inform assessment and decision making;
- Demonstrated experience in working with children and families exhibiting complex and multiple support needs;
- Minimum Provisional 2 license (Green P);
- Possess or has the ability to acquire a National Police Check and Blue Card (working with children).

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as received