Case Manager - Family Based Care

Job no: 493529
Employment type: Full Time
Location: Lismore & Far North Coast
Categories: Child, Youth & Family

About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 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 client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role
The Case Manager role sits within our Family Based Care team in Alstonville on a permanent, full time basis. The Case Manger role entails, developing and implementing Case Plans or Individual Plans for children and young people in Out of Home Care.

The service delivery area for this role is between Grafton to Tweed.

Key Responsibilities 

• Drive the implementation and achievement of the case plan goals and plans for permanency of children and young people
• Develop and maintain functional and supportive relationships with children and young people in out of home care as well as their families in order to promote positive outcomes
• Provide ongoing support and supervision to Foster Carers in relation to their caring for children and young people in their home
• Support and monitor placements and ensure carers participate in the case planning process and assist them to implement the strategies outlined in the case plan
• Meet with clients and family members to gather input for case plans and ensure their views are represented
• Manage communication with key stakeholders, internally and externally in order to achieve case plan goals
• Participate in on call roster as required

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Social Work, Social Science, Psychology or Human Services
• Demonstrated understanding of current casework practice for children and young people
• An understanding of the permanency support program
• Previous experience in working with individuals, families or groups
• Strong written communication, client/stakeholder engagement and mediation skills
• Current Australian driver's licence

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest Social Purpose organisations
• Great tax benefits
• Ongoing training and support

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

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