Case Manager Family Support

About Us

Anglicare NT supports people, strengthens communities and advocates for social justice across the Northern Territory. We deliver over 90 diverse services across urban regional and remote areas of the NT. If you want to make a sustainable difference in people’s lives through strengths-based approaches and capacity building initiatives; talk to us about meaningful career opportunities.

We offer great benefits, including:

-       Further training and development options.

-       Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.

-       A strengths-based environment.

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Program

The Family Support Service provides support and assistance to families to keep their children safe, reunify children in care with their birth family and support pregnant mothers to grow up healthy and safe children. Families are supported to build relationships, strengthen parenting skills, maintain a safe home environment for their children and increase their participation within community.

About the Opportunity.

The Case Manager Family Support delivers intensive support to high-risk families in Alice Springs. You will provide strength based, trauma informed, culturally affirming practical in-home support and child centred family focused casework that will help create nurturing environments, build capacity, and keep children safe and families together.

You will use your excellent advocacy skills, cultural competence, and service provider networks to ensure access to services and connection with community, culture, and country.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Minimum higher education qualifications in Social Sciences and direct practical experience working with high-risk families in Family Support/case work.
• Demonstrated history of effective client engagement, culturally safe approaches, and good outcomes
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of strengths-based trauma informed practice, along with experience using needs and safety /risk assessment tools and frameworks.
• Ability to undertake home visits, provide in-home support and practical assistance and 'work with' families to create physically and emotionally safe environments within which children and families will thrive.
• Prior experience or, at a minimum, demonstrated commitment to working respectfully with Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse clients, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Justin Wilson on (08) 8951 80***

Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, so speed is key. The sooner you apply the better!

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a current NT manual driver’s licence. 

Unfortunately, we aren't in a position to sponsor candidate visas. If you don't have the independent right to work in the country you're applying for, we will not be able to progress your application.

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Receiving and maintaining vaccines can reduce health risks and is one control mechanism to maintain the health and wellbeing of all employees, contractors, volunteers, visitors and the people we work with. In line with Anglicare NT’s commitment to a full life and social justice for all, it is mandatory for all Anglicare NT employees (paid and volunteer) to ensure specific vaccine schedules are current and maintained. In relation to COVID-19, this includes a primary course (dose one and two) and booster dose within one month of becoming eligible for booster dose (subject to medical exemptions).