Anglicare have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Case Manager to join our Foster Care program to support our children and families across the Metropolitan Sydney suburbs.

Are you passionate about children and their need for a stable, safe and caring environment?

Do you want to further your career in Foster Care by making a real and lasting difference in the lives of children?

Join our warm, friendly and supportive culture!

About Anglicare:

As a Christian organisation with a heritage of service spanning 160 years, we exist to serve our community, enrich life and share the love of Jesus. Combining our resources and expertise enables us to work even more effectively to meet changing needs as we reach and serve more people at all stages of life.

To find out more please visit: www.anglicare.org.au

About the Role:

Our teams are growing, and we require an experienced Senior Case Manager in our Clinical Care team, with skills in providing front line support to Children, Youth, Birth families and Foster Carers. You will be working closely with the Department of Communities and Justice, other service providers and Anglicare staff to promote wellbeing of children in Foster Care by supporting them to understand their life story and identity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures consistency and best practice by developing and supporting Anglicare’s clinical practice and therapeutic interventions for families who foster.
• Contributes to resourcing children to understand their life story and identity, by developing individualised resources and providing direct therapeutic interventions. As appropriate, these interventions will involve the child’s foster carers and/or other significant caregivers.
• Ensures Foster Carers are well resourced by developing and conducting training, coaching and resources on life story work.
• Contributes to the support and development of foster care staff by providing consultation and training regarding life story work.
• Ensures stakeholders are actively engaged and well supported by establishing positive relationships with the child, carers, birth parents and others as required. This role will include engagement with a child’s extended family members, the Department of Communities and Justice, and other stakeholders to seek information regarding a child’s life story.
• Ensures that all parties are involved in implementing the current case plan by clearly communicating roles and responsibilities and by actively assessing and monitoring risks and progress towards agreed case plan goals of restoration, guardianship, adoption or long-term foster care.
• Ensures all carers maintain required Standards through foster carer training and coaching.
• Ensures client information is reviewed regularly and kept up to date by completing reports and file documentation in accordance with OOHC and agency requirements.
• Ensures ongoing professional development by attending relevant internal and external consultations, training, forums, courses and other professional development activities as agreed with Manager.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of OOHC by assisting with policies, procedures and work practices.
• Contribute to the safety culture by keeping the workplace safe, clean and tidy, complying always with safe work practices, participating in workplace consultation activities, actively participating in safety activities, including hazard and incident reporting as prescribed in the WHSIMS.

About you:

• Bachelor degree in social work, psychology, counselling or related discipline
• Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Life Story Work, or working toward completion
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in working with all parties in the foster care system
• Understanding of practices in the areas of developmental trauma, attachment and reparative care
• Demonstrated skills in supportive counselling, group facilitation and psychoeducation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits:

• Excellent remuneration package and company benefits
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits - reducing your taxable income by $15,900 plus an additional $2,650 for salary packaging accommodation, meals and entertainment
• Learning and Development opportunities within the organisation

To find out more about this opportunity, please email the recruitment team at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Case Manager, Foster Care - Life Story Work enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply.

Anglicare - Jesus Christ honoured, lives enriched, and communities strengthened

Anglicare is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and has zero tolerance of child abuse.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date 14 September 2021 and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.