PSP Caseworker Home Based Care

Blacktown - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position purpose

The Caseworker is responsible for providing high quality and effective case work services for children and young people in Out-of-Home-Care and Permanency Support Programs supporting and developing carers and supporting the recruitment of foster and kinship carers.

Primary objectives

Ensure that children and young people in Out-of-Home-Care and Permancy Support Programs receive services that meet their needs

Ensure foster and kinship carers are supported to provide high quality care and positive outcomes for the children and young people in their care

Establish collaborative relationships with a wide range of specialist and mainstream services to improve outcomes for children young people and their families; and

Develop and maintain strong collaborative partnerships with Aboriginal and CALD agencies

Key result areas and responsibilities

Manage a case load and ensure that individual targets are met

Ensure that the emotional social behavioural developmental and educational needs of children and young people are met through the development implementation and review of individual case plans

Ensure that children and young peoples wellbeing is actively safeguarded and that any concerns are reported immediately

Ensure that case work practice is responsive to individual needs and reflects the organisations values policies and practice frameworks

Provide support and supervision to carers

Participate in the recruitment assessment training and review of carers

Participate in team meetings service networks inter-agencies and forums as required

Contribute to the administration of relevant data bases

Participate in a rotating on-call roster

Work in partnership with government and non-government agencies

Promote the work of the organisation in the sector and wider community

Participate in professional development opportunities as required

Participate constructively in supervision and performance appraisals

Participate in the development and review of policies and procedures

Remain informed of policy and practice developments in Out-of-Home-Care

Key selection criteria

Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children young people and their families

A tertiary qualification in social work or relevant field

Demonstrated experience in casework practice preferably in Out-of-Home-Care

Proven ability to relate to and work with children and young people with social emotional and behavioural difficulties

Understanding of Out-of-Home-Care and Permanency Support policy standards and quality frameworks

Experience in carer recruitment and support; or the capacity to develop these skills

Our offer:

Agreat opportunity tojoin a leading provider of community and family services. Succession Plan for career growth.
Hourly Ratebased on SCHADS Award 5.1 - 5.3 dependent on qualification and experience.
Salary packagingwe can help you to maximize yoursalary packaging up to $18550 per year which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
Professional Development- we promote ongoing learning and development and provide study leave and an enormous amount of training and development within our inhouse learning team.
Training-Industry-specific training paid by MacKillop including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Sanctuary and Cultural Awareness training.
Employee Assistance Program-Free access to a wide range of options with all aspects of life such as social financial physical mental health by providing counselling and coaching supporting relating both to your circumstance even including health advise from qualified nutritionists
Sanctuary-MacKillops work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model an evidence-supported whole-of-organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma and to heal.
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Position purposeThe Caseworker is responsible for providing high quality and effective case work services for children and young people in Out-of-Home-Care and Permanency Support Programs supporting and developing carers and supporting the recruitment of foster and kinship carers.Primary objectives ...