Ywfc Case Manager

• Be part of an engaging team that thrives on challenges
• Competitive remuneration with salary packaging benefits available 
• Ongoing Full-time opportunity with flexible work arrangements

As a service provider MCM’s work is focused on supporting people to take charge of their own lives and participate fully in community life. MCM’s service profile includes: Children, Youth, Adult and Family; Disability; Employment, Education and Training; Homelessness; and Palliative Care. Our Healing Oriented Framework guides us in our trauma informed knowledge to enhance trauma responsiveness across all programs and deepens the capacity of teams and services in complex environments to provide healing-oriented care.

Young Women, Families & their Children (YWFC) is one of the many integrated services located at Frontyard. YWFC Case Managers provide delivery of rapid engagement, culturally safe, flexible, and holistic case management services to young people experiencing homelessness and/or who may be pregnant or parenting, to meet young people’s needs and goals. YWFC utilises creative and innovative pathways to disrupt disadvantage and create pathways out of homelessness, while also providing support in relation to pre and post-natal care, family preservation and child reunification.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Effectively manage a case load of young people through a healing-oriented framework. Utilising creative and innovative pathways to disrupt disadvantage and create pathways out of homelessness.
• Develop advanced case planning and crisis interventions to meet the needs of young people presenting with multiple and complex needs, including risk assessments and safety plans.
• Provide case management relating to pre and post-natal care, family preservation and child reunification.
• Assist young people to access ongoing accommodation options, particularly supported accommodation, family reconciliation, private rental, shared housing and social or transitional housing in accordance with their case plan.
• Ensure services are delivered within the framework of MCM’s policies and procedures, legislative, requirements, and meet the relevant service standards. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

• Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

• A qualification in youth work, community development or a related tertiary qualification or extensive experience working in the community services sector.
• Demonstrated experience implementing child/parent focused programs and services for children, parents and their families who have complex needs such as homelessness, mental health presentation or AOD related issues, family and/or intimate partner violence, working in a case management framework.
• Sound understanding of maternal pregnancy care pathways, family violence frameworks, key child development and the factors that can impede a young person’s development, as well as an understanding of the issues facing vulnerable parents in their ability to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their children.
• Understanding or experience working with young people at risk or experiencing homelessness, including knowledge of healing-oriented approaches.
• Strong passion for working with young people and ability to actively and assertively engage young people experiencing complex needs.
• An understanding of the homelessness service system with knowledge of patterns, trends, systemic issues and principles in working with at risk young people.
• Knowledge of the legislative requirements when working with at risk young people.
• An understanding of the requirements for ensuring child safety.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills encompassing interpersonal, verbal and written, and negotiation skills.
• Provide First Aid certificate (formerly First Aid Level 2).
• Strong organisational, time management and computer skills.

• National Police check
• Working with Children check and NDIS Worker Screening check or ability to obtain
• Valid Victorian Drivers licence
• Right to Work in Australia

Applications for this role close: 28 January 2024, so please apply early.  Please include your current resume and cover letter.
Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.  For assistance with your application please email: ***********@mcm.org.au

We are a leading not for profit, purpose-driven organisation that offers a broad range of services in Early Years, Disability, Homelessness and Family Services, Palliative Care and Education.  

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity in our workforce enables us to deliver empowering services that are informed by lived experience.