Home Based Care Case Manager

About the role

This Home-Based Care Case Manager role is responsible for case management within a therapeutic and trauma informed model of care. It is responsible for supervision of caregivers, caregiver assessment, contribute to overall service development and commitment to best practice in Occupational Health and Safety 

The Case Manager will:

• Attending and contributing to team meetings.
• Receive referrals and make assessments and intake arrangements for foster placements in conjunction with Coordinator.
• Develop and implement a Looking After Children (LAC) Care Plan for each child within their case load as appropriate.
• Supervise and support foster care placements, foster parents and where required the child’s birth family.
• Monitor and regularly review each placement against the LAC Care Plan and DFFH Best Interests Principle.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the development of each child / young person as appropriate.
• In accordance with the foster care goals, prepare for and implement transition to permanent placement for children.

This is a Full-time opportunity based in Dandenong South, VIC within our Home-Based Care Program. The position reports to the Home-Based Care Coordinator.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications.
• Professional casework skills, including knowledge of LAC and CIRSSP/CRIS.
• Sound professional knowledge and theory base.
• Ability to participate collaboratively and constructively within teams of peers, staff, and other stakeholders, as well as initiative and effective personal judgement when working alone.
• A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families 

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

For a full listing please view the Position Description at the bottom of this page.

For Seek applicants, the Position Description will be available when you click 'apply'

For more information, please contact:

Bronte Crouch at Bronte.Crouch@mackillop.org.au

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

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.