Join our Family Services Team.

• Full-Time Ongoing role Based at Croydon
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• Make a difference in the lives of children in Foster care

Your new role

As a Senior Case Manager, Out of Home Care you are responsible for providing support to children and young people aged 0-18 years and their families in a foster care setting. The client group consists of both statutory Child Protection client and voluntary clients.

You will provide mentoring, supervision and support to the team in addition to holding complex cases. You will provide direct case management to children and young people from Out of Home Care programs including Foster Care.

You also provide further resourcing to our Foster Care team through carer recruitment and retention activities and may assist in supporting accreditation and assessment of foster carers.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 5 + super, you can access the following.

• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• We recognise contributions with our annual awards programme!
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

You will bring with you:

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology or other related field.
• Current driver’s licence valid in Victoria
• A minimum of two years of demonstrated ability as a practitioner in the child, youth and family welfare field. A role in Home Based Care is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with families successfully and completing assertive outreach
• Demonstrated ability to assess and appropriately respond to risk for children aged 0-18 years

 View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, please reach out to Stacey Hopkins on 03 8792 8999 for a chat or email stacey.hopkins@vt.uniting.org.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.

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