• Permanent full-time position
• Based in Penrith and covering the Nepean, Hawkesbury & Blue Mountains LGA
• Assigned motor vehicle and salary packaging available on top of salary and super.

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Vision is “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

About the program

The Reconnect Program is a community based early intervention program to support young people between 12-18 years old (12-21 years old for newly arrived young people) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Through early intervention, the Reconnect Program aims to stabilise and improve young people’s housing situation and engagement with education, training, and employment. This is achieved through trauma informed wholistic casework, family mediation, group work and practical life skills coaching.

About the role

We are looking for an outstanding Youth & Family Caseworker who is conscientious, reliable, and motivated about making a difference. Key aspects of the Youth & Family Caseworker role include:

• supporting young people and their families
• engaging families in evidence-based parenting programs
• building locally tailored partnerships and networks.

All staff at Child, Youth & Family work hard to develop and maintain harmonious working relationships in an autonomous-supportive work environment where they are all trained to be the best in their field. Wesley Mission provides regular supervision, support, and training for all staff.

Essential Criteria

• a relevant tertiary qualification and minimum 2 years’ experience in Community Welfare
• strengths-based case management experience with the ability to engage young people and families at the point of initial contact and build collaborative working relationships
• experience developing case summaries & child protection reports
• abiltiy to work one-on-one, or in groups, with clients in a variety of settings
• ability to liaise, develop and maintain professional relationships with government & NGO agencies
• cultural competence and experience working alongside Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People and First Nations families
• current NSW or National Driver’s License and Working with Children Check.

Desirable criteria

• working knowledge of the local child and family support sector
• clear understanding of the complex needs and challenges young people who are at risk of homelessness, social isolation and school disengagement face.

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the SCHADS Award Level 5. Generous salary packaging, a motor vehicle and applicable allowances available.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and Worker code of conduct. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission (including provision of a valid Working with Children Check clearance number).

Wesley Child, Youth and Family team is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the communities we work within. Whilst not a requirement, we strongly encourage people from the following background/s to apply:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• people who Identify as LGBTQIA+
• people of colour (e.g. identifying as cultural, religious and/or ethnically diverse).

how to apply

Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application. You can find a Position Description and Application for Employment form attached below.

If you have any queries, please contact Mikayla Dunn on 047 157 163.