About the Organisation

Barnardos Australia is one of Australia’s leading children’s social care agencies, focused on building relationships between children, young people, their families and the community. Over the next 5 years, Barnardos commits to supporting more vulnerable children to thrive through effective evidence-informed and research-based programs.

About the Role

Barnardos are looking for a full-time Temporary Family Care (TFC) Case Manager for the Temporary Family Care Program based at the Barnardos Centre in Penrith, Western Sydney.

Reporting to the Manager – the TFC Case Manager will be responsible for;

• Building relationships and connections with children, young people, birth parents and carers that are strengths based, support capacity building and transparent.
• Interactions with children, young people and adults will be trauma-informed and trauma responsive recognising that these groups who may have experienced abuse, neglect, separation or loss.
• Working with birth parents and extended family will be empathic, transparent and focused of building capacity.
• Advocating with internal and external services to deliver interventions to children, young people, birth families and carers that will support and nurture their needs and develop their skills.
• Case work will be proactive and engagement driven in a manner to deliver case plan goals in partnership children and their families.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing of plans for each child in care. Ensuring plans reflects principles of permanency planning, Aboriginal placement principles and participation .
• Planning, supervising and coaching birth parents and others in family time and other interactions to build parenting skills and capacity.

About You

To be successful in the TFC Case Manager role, you will ideally have;

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology or Social Welfare related discipline or substantial progress to gaining such qualification
• Knowledge of child development and childhood developmental trauma
• Knowledge of parenting support and capacity building
• Demonstrated experience of working with children, young people and families in a child protection or OOHC context
• Knowledge of the current NSW legislation and requirements regarding the care and protection of children. young people and, working with authorised carers
• Demonstrated experience working with children, young people and families from a CALD, refuge or cultural background that has experienced significant displacement and trauma
• Capacity and experience in working in teams and, building engagement and relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Be willing to participate in a 24 hour ‘on call’ roster
• Current NSW unrestricted Class C driver’s license

Applicants from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background are strongly encouraged to apply. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff are further supported by the Aboriginal Cultural Unit (ACU) and Barnardos Indigenous Group (BIG) to meet their cultural needs within the organisation. For more information on how Barnardos support Aboriginal staff wanting to work for Barnardos please get in touch.

Benefits of Working for Barnardos

At Barnardos, we provide opportunities for development through individual and group mentoring, secondments, acting up and project work. Our benefits include flexible working arrangements, cultural leave, a day off during NAIDOC week, additional annual leave during Christmas/New Year break, volunteer opportunities at community events and many more.

Salary: Base $66,393 to $82,571 plus leave loading plus superannuation. Packaging available to receive $15,860 of your salary tax free. Motor vehicle packaging available on selected roles.

To be considered for roles with Barnardos you will need to have (or be willing to have conducted) a National Police Clearance and current Working with Children check Clearance (or APP number) and for the ACT a Drivers History Check, Working with Vulnerable People Card and CYPS Check.

Expressions of interest

To register your interest hit APPLY NOW and submit your Resume. Please note adverts will expire once we receive enough suitable applications. For a confidential discussion please call Zoe Banbury on 02 9218 2346