Youth and Community Support Worker

Banksia Gardens Community Services is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Youth and Community Support Worker to join our team. The successful candidate will provide holistic and strengths-based intensive case management support for young people with complex needs. Our work is trauma-informed, motivated by social justice principles, and considers individuals and their family within the broader context of social systems.

The majority of support work will be delivering targeted care packages to support people who have a child protection order in place and are at risk of placement breakdown.

Key responsibilities include:

• Excellent assessment skills, including risk assessment of children and young people and their caregivers
• Demonstrated case management skills with complex families and at-risk children and young people
• Knowledge and experience of maintaining positive working relationships with Child Protection Services and other service professionals and families in challenging situations to ensure effective care

• Assessing client needs and developing individualised, culturally safe care plans
• Non-judgemental and respectful approach to all service users
• Demonstrated case management skills with complex families and at-risk children and young people
• Knowledge and experience of maintaining positive working relationships with Child Protection Services and other professionals and families in challenging situations
• Providing support and assistance to clients in a variety of settings, including in-home and community-based
• Participating in regular team meetings and case reviews

The ideal candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Youth Work or related field
• Minimum 1-2 years case management experience and understanding of child protection system
• Preferable to have experience with Targeted Care Packages
• Experience working with clients with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A valid driver's license

Our organisation is proud to serve the City of Hume, one of the most culturally diverse places in the whole of Australia. BGCS is committed to human rights, gender equity and fundamental freedoms, in particular the rights of minorities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the LGBTQIA+ community.

We genuinely acknowledge and respect everyone’s individual values, beliefs, efforts, ideas, language and cultural and religious backgrounds and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

BGCS is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment.

For more information, please call Manager of Community Development & Youth, Paul Atkinson on 0410 212 672.

A position description is attached.