• Eaglemont location - Wurundjeri Country
• Part time (0.7FTE), fixed term (until 04/10/2024)
• Base salary $93K (pro rata) plus super and salary packaging

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful.

Our Vision for 2026: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems.

The Opportunity

The Northern Family Services program provides an outreach case management and support service to vulnerable children and families predominantly in the municipalities of Banyule, Nillumbik, Yarra, Darebin and Whittlesea. 

Integrated Family Services works within a partnership with the North East Metropolitan Alliance (NEMA) and The Orange Door. The NEMA Alliance supports the partnership of the nine partner agencies who provide Integrated Families services and manages the operation of the centralised intake body, The Orange Door, which enables improved access for families to link to available support services.

Key Responsibilities

The Integrated Family Services team is responsible for providing high quality risk assessment and screening to clients referred to the service via The Orange Door as well as local referral pathways back to The Orange Door for allocation. In this role your key responsibilities will include:

• Holding a caseload and providing case management intervention to children, young people and their families to provide preventative and secondary level support and intervention.
• Assist families to strengthen their parenting capacity to build their child’s safety, stability and development. 
• Establish clear case work goals with using a family centred, strength-based approach.
• Effectively deliver and coordinate intake, screening and allocation practices in the NEMA Alliance. 

About you

You will hold a Bachelor level qualification in Social Work, Welfare or a related discipline along with the ability to actively engage and connect with families, young people and children in the delivery of family services programs, including those that may be unwilling to receive services.

You will have an understanding of child and adolescent development and factors that may impact on a child’s development and experience with a range of family intervention models including crisis response, group work and mediation and the ability to undertake holistic assessments of children and young people within families.

The Benefits

• Additional salary packaging available that increases your take home pay
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by midnight Sunday 3rd September 2023.

Queries to Jess Collard (Acting Senior Manager Youth Housing & Therapeutic Family Program) on 9450 4700.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

A position description is attached.