AddressAre you a passionate caseworker with experience working with young people with complex needs?
Our client is a well-respected organisation that specialises in providing best practice family support, family preservation and out-of-home care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their families. They partner with families, providing services and support, where children are at risk of escalating within the child protection system, entering out-of-home care. Where children cannot remain safely at home, they provide culturally appropriate out-of-home care and aftercare services.
Join an organisation committed to empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and fostering employee wellbeing.
As a Youth Caseworker in the After Care program, you will provide crucial casework and support to young people experiencing a range of issues, who are exiting the out of home care system and transitioning into adulthood.
Competitive Benefits;
- 35-hour week
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements (work from home during school holidays)
- Additional Leave over the Christmas period
- Additional Leave accrual-based service
- Leave Loading
- Employee incentive programs
- Monthly wellness days (KPI Driven)
- Extensive Aboriginal cultural connections and training
- Support to obtain further qualifications.
- Manage a caseload of young people aged 17-24, facilitate plan goals, provide daily support, supervision, and develop personalized goals and aspirations.
- Develop and deliver services and supports to help participants transition to independent living, employment and financial management.
- Ensure comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, including case notes, reports, and records, following record-keeping procedures and policies.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support program objectives and participants' goals.
- Collect and monitor data for program evaluation and assist in preparing evaluation reports.
- Adhere to policies and procedures, especially regarding client rights, and monitor child protection, safety, and wellbeing issues.
- Adapt working hours to meet participants' needs, including availability before and after education/work hours as required.
- Engage in ongoing professional development, attend supervision sessions and team meetings, and comply with workplace health and safety policies.
- Aboriginality
- Tertiary qualifications in Community Services or related field
- Casework experience in Foster Care or Youth Services
- Demonstrated ability to produce clear and concise written material
- Understanding of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
- NSW Driver's License and Working with Children Check
- Ability to participate in a rotating on-call roster (remunerated)
This position is Aboriginal identified. To perform this role, it is essential that the person who holds the role be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 that applicants are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.
Why partner with abrs to secure your next role?
Our values aren’t just things we believe in. They’re our entire foundation.
They’re the very reason we exist, and the reason we’ve returned every single cent of profit we’ve earned to charity.
Abrs is Australia’s only charity owned not for profit recruitment agency with 100% of our net revenue returned to fund programs that assist children, youth and families.
When you engage with abrs to secure your next career move you are participating in an ethical recruitment process that funds programs in the charity space.
Choosing abrs means you are helping us to help some of the most disadvantaged in our communities.
To apply hit APPLY NOW as we will be shortlisting for this position soon.For a confidential discussion OR to find out more about the role please call Ally Fava on 0482 182 ***.
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