Senior Case Manager

Job No: Berry3038
Location: Shepparton

  • Child and Family Services
  • Based in Victoria - Shepparton 
  • Full Time - Ongoing
  • Relocation assistance to move to your new role!

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2022: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

About the role:

This position is responsible for providing case management to children and young people placed in Foster Care. The service offers a continuum of care ranging from overnight through to longer term placements for children aged from birth to 18 years of age. The service continuum takes steps to serve those from the voluntary end of the system (overnight, respite) to the most tertiary end (complex).

As a Senior Worker in the program, you will use your understanding of the issues related to child development, including the impact of trauma and abuse, and will utilise this knowledge both to support children in care and to establish and maintain foster care placements.

About you:

To be successful for this role you will be a great team player with a knack for building strong stakeholder relationships.  You will have previous case management experience, a well developed knowledge of the welfare system and a solid understanding of trauma and attachment theories.

The successful applicant must have formal qualifications such as a Social Work or Psychology degree or a related discipline, and well developed knowledge of the welfare system.

What Berry Street can offer you:

  • The successful applicant will also be provided with relocation assistance to aid in moving to your new role
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities
  • Access to the Employee assistance program, including access for staff members’ immediate family
  • A focus on positive work/life balance
  • Generous salary packaging benefits

 

For further information about this role, please refer to the position description.

Queries to Sharelle Davidson, Senior Manager on 5822 8100

Applications including resume, cover letter and statement addressing the key selection criteria to be submitted by 11pm Sunday 7th July 2019.

To download the Position Description, please click here

To download the Key Selection Criteria template, please click here

 

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Comprehensive reference and background checking will be undertaken, including a Working with Children Check and police check. Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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