AddressJob reference: 607625
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Role Highlights
- Exciting opportunity for those with a passion for working with young people
- Convenient CBD location
- Work with a dynamic and enthusiastic team
About the Business
Our Community and Aboriginal Partnerships Division helps to build community safety and wellbeing by providing support and services to children, young people and families, including those in the youth justice system, remote Aboriginal communities and people with complex and exceptional needs.
Role Details
Are you a someone who loves working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team?
Do you have a strong social justice ethos and the desire to make a real difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in the community?
Are you great at building relationships?
If you like to think creatively, problem-solve complex challenges and have great variety in your work role, we would love to hear from you!
When completing your application, please complete the pre-employment questions and declaration.
Please provide your most up to date resume and cover letter that specifically address the Role Specific Capabilities (skills, experience, Knowledge and attributes) which are found in the Role Description.
About Us:
Community Youth Justice (CYJ) provides statutory supervision and case management services to children and young people who are subject to supervised youth justice mandates within South Australia.
CYJ works in partnership with internal partners and other government and non-government services to promote community safety and meet the identified support needs of young people.
This includes assisting young people to plan and achieve goals and maintain compliance with court mandates.
Our mission is to provide focused, responsive and culturally appropriate services and programs to young people that encourage pro-social behaviours by developing partnerships which strengthen connections, support re-integration and build community safety.
Why work with us?
* Make a difference in the lives of vulnerable young people and their families.
* Opportunity to think creatively about how you apply your professional knowledge to help change young people’s lives.
* Work with a bunch of passionate colleagues.
The Case Manager is a role within Communities and Justice and is accountable to the Supervisor, Community Youth Justice for:
• Addressing offending behaviour through the application of Social Work knowledge, skills, practice frameworks, methods, and applying ethical decision making models for complex and/or high risk children and young people as per Australian Association Social Work (AASW) Code of Ethics within the constraints of the statutory environment.
• Supervising Statutory Youth Justice mandates and providing quality through-care case management to children and young people.
• Assessment, analysis, reporting and recording on offending behaviours and compliance and professionally assessing criminogenic trends, causal patterns and treatment effectiveness for children and young people.
• Strengthening child/young person and family functioning to support non-offending behaviour.
Special Conditions
Successful applicant will be required to hold a National Police Check (NPC) no less than 6 months old, and satisfactorily complete an Employment-related Screening Check where this is required for the role, prior to being employed.
Some out of hours work, and intra and interstate travel involving overnight absences, may be required.
Must hold a current Australian issued Driver’s Licence (equivalent to minimum class ‘C’ – South Australian), which must be maintained.
Incumbent must be willing and able to drive all government vehicles within their licence classification during the course of their duties.
This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) contract role or as negotiated.
Essential Qualifications:
AHP: A degree level qualification in Social Work leading to eligibility for (full) membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
PO: Appropriate tertiary qualifications in community services, sociology, criminology, social sciences, human services, health or a related field.
Persons of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who have the appropriate background and skills but do not have the essential qualification, may apply for and be engaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will be entitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional roles requiring a qualification in Social Work within the Department Human Services.
Role Status: Term up to 27/12/2024 (Multiple roles available)
Salary Range: $67,466-$82,359 (AHP1) $67,466-$82,359 (PO1)
Location: Adelaide
Enquiries: Melissa Hanna, 84636442 Email: *************@sa.gov.au
Diversity and Inclusion
DHS is committed to making our services and workplaces safe and inclusive for all people and ensuring the full diversity of the communities we serve are represented in our workforce, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and/or neurodivergence, young people, older people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQA+ and gender diverse people.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require assistance with this process, please contact us at **************@sa.gov.au and a member of the team will get back to you.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We also celebrate the many strengths and skills people with disability and/or neurodivergent people bring to our workplace and acknowledge our role in ensuring a supportive work environment for people with disability and/or neurodivergent people to thrive in.
Applications close: 18/07/2024 11:30 PM
Attachments:
- Role Description - Case Manager - AHP1.pdf
- Role Description - Case Manager - PO1.pdf
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
