Duty and Intake Worker
Job No:
Berry3292
Location:
Noble Park
- Home Based Care
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Noble Park - South Eastern Suburbs
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Full Time - Permanent Role
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Salary package equivalent to $93, 300 FTE per annum (inclusive of base salary, super, and salary packaging)
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.
The Opportunity
Berry Street provides high quality Out of Home Care Services in our Southeastern Region. The Out of Home Care Program provides General, Intensive and complex Foster Care for children and young people who are unable to live with their own families. We are seeking an experienced and passionate Duty & Intake Worker to join our vibrant Southeastern Home Based Care team.
The program provides complex, intensive and general Home Based Care for children and young people who are unable to live with their own families. This role will hold a caseload, providing case management intervention to provide preventative and secondary level support and intervention. You will be responsible for assisting families to strengthen their parenting capacity to build their child's safety, stability and development.
With a solid focus on strengthening our program through recruitment, training, support and quality assurance mechanisms, the Intake & Assessment Worker will undertake the assessments of prospective foster carers and review of accredited carers. There is also a requirement to provide training to prospective carers and the ongoing training for accredited caregivers.
Key Responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you must have an appropriate tertiary qualification in Social Work or a related discipline and a thorough understanding attachment and trauma theories. You will have a strong understanding of the welfare system including Home Based Care and well developed knowledge of the stages of child development. You will have strong inter-personal skills and a passion to make a positive contribution to young people and their families.
To download the position description, please click here
What Berry Street can offer you:
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family
Applications including resume, cover letter and key selection criteria addressing your suitability for the position are to be submitted by 11pm Tuesday, 15th October 2019.
- To download the key selection criteria template, please click here
Queries to Oya Adem Senior Manager Home Based Care on 03 9239 1400
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
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.
Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.