Description:
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people? We are looking for a dedicated Case Worker to join our team and play a vital role in supporting and empowering young individuals to reach their full potential through a therapeutic approach.
In this role, you will manage a varied caseload, ensuring that each child’s emotional, social, behavioural, developmental, and educational needs are met by developing, implementing, and reviewing individualized therapeutic case plans. A key focus of the role is safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people, addressing concerns promptly, and ensuring compliance with all statutory child protection requirements.
If you are driven by the opportunity to make a real impact and thrive in a role that combines care, planning, and advocacy, we would love to hear from you.
About the role:
The Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Caseworker is responsible for providing high quality and effective case work services for young people in Intensive Therapeutic Care. The ITC Caseworker will plan for and achieve permanency and identified case plan outcomes for children, young people, their families, authorised carers, prospective guardians and adoptive parents. This is achieved through an interactive and dynamic case management approach, with an emphasis on ongoing analysis, decision-making and record keeping, ensuring the child or young person’s needs are identified and being met.
Primary objectives:
• Provide effective assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and review of case plans to achieve permanency and identified outcomes for young people and their families;
• Work in collaboration with the ITC Team to ensure service delivery is integrated, coordinated and tailored to meet an individual’s needs;
• Establish collaborative relationships with a wide range of specialist and mainstream services to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families; and
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative partnerships with Aboriginal and CALD agencies.
We have Permanent opportunities based in Lismore, NSW within our Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Program. The position reports to the ITC casework coordinator.
Key Selection Criteria:
The incumbent will have:
• A relevant Bachelor’s degree - The preferred minimum qualifications are Bachelor of Social Work, Social Welfare, Psychology, Nursing and Mental Health
• Demonstrated experience in casework practice preferably in Out-of-Home-Care;
• Demonstrated experience in working with young people with complex care needs;
Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application
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For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.
For more information, please contact:
Jen Jones at jen.jones@mackillop.org.au or on 02 6616 1220.
You must have a:
- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.
Our Commitment:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.
It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.