• Location: Sunshine, Victoria
• Full-time Fixed Term 12 months
• Competitive Salary
• Career Development & Training Opportunities
• A Supportive Team Environment

Baptcare is a purpose driven and faith-based organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.

About the Role:

The Kinship Care Case Management program provides case management and support to Kinship care placements made by Dept. of Health and Human services (DHHS) Child protections. The case management and support practitioner will provide support to Kinship carers, children and young people who most vulnerable and can present a range of complex behaviours and issues.

A key focus of the role is to work in partnership with Child Protection and other support services, as well as children, young people, carers and birth families to provide a holistic trauma informed service using the Best Interests Case Practice Framework.

Duties, Skills and Experience:

• Provide a case management and support to clients of the Kinship Care Program
• Liaise with family of origin regarding their children in care as appropriate
• Be involved in all functions of assessment and support of carer and birth families
• Maintain records including case notes, reports, plans and statistics within required timelines
• A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology or equivalent
• Excellent family and child assessment skills including risk assessment of children and young people and carers.
• Knowledge and experience of maintaining positive working relationships with Child Protection Services and other professionals and families in challenging situations
• Understanding of and ability to apply therapeutic models and theories around trauma and child development that enable positive change and demonstrated ability to apply these in practice
• Commitment to the safety, well-being and best interests of children and young people, and duty of care in the prevention, identification, and response to child abuse.

How to Apply:

As part of your application please address the Key Selection Criteria from the Role Statement.

Please forward queries to:

Brylee Butler
[email protected], using the subject line: Kinship Care Management and Support Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a National Criminal History check.

Baptcare is committed to building a respectful and inclusive workplace, appointing the best person for the role and supporting diversity.

We welcome applicants who may require adjustments. If you require support with the application process, please contact [email protected].