Case Manager Family Based Care Permanent Full Time - Shepparton
Case Manager Family Based Care Permanent Full Time - Shepparton
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Job Description
- Based within Shepparton & surrounds with hybrid work arrangement (Work from home/onsite)
- Monthly rostered day off (RDO) & Tool of Trade vehicle (Including personal use)
- Generous Employee Benefits Access to salary packaging Fitness Passport More
About theOrganisation
Every day Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people as we work collaboratively with families carers and communities to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose not for profit organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the role
As a Case Manager in our Family Based Care team you will work alongside children young people their carers and families to create and carry out case plans that promote permanency and align with the best interests of each child or young person. Youll also collaborate closely with the Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) and other key services to ensure all support aligns with case plans and court directives. In this role youll be instrumental in promoting quality practice and ensuring the safety stability and wellbeing of children and young people in care.
This position is based within Shepparton and Surrounds with a hybrid (Work from home/onsite) work arrangement. Regular travel is a requirement of the position and a fully maintained company vehicle (including personal use) will be provided to the successful applicant.
Learn more about Life Without Barriers services for Children Young People & Families here: Responsibilities
- Case management for children in foster care and/or Targeted Care Packages (TCP) including living with parents kinship care or independent living.
- Building strong relationships with children young people and carers through regular home and outreach visits.
- Including client voice in care planning and preparing them for leaving care.
- Collaborating with care teams to meet health development and wellbeing needs.
- Supporting and coaching foster carers to ensure a safe secure environment for children & young people.
Skills & Experience
- Relevant bachelors degree such as Social Work Social Welfare Psychology or similar
- Strong knowledge of traumainformed care and effective responses to painbased behaviours.
- Proven experience in case management within child protection including developing and implementing case plans.
- Skilled in managing complex caseloads and prioritising competing demands in highpressure environments.
- Culturally responsive practice when working with individuals families and diverse communities.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders and produce highquality written documentation.
- A current unrestricted driverslicence.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check VIC Working with Children Check and registration on the VIC Residential Carer Workers register (WCES)
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Kristy Crowe via
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications Close at Midnight Sunday 27th April 2025
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
