• Newly created opportunity in a highly regarded and expanding program
  
• Ongoing, full-time role at Ringwood Magistrates Court
  
• Generous staff benefits and supportive team environment

About the Role

The Advanced Case Manager plays a critical role in providing client centred, strengths based and solution-focussed advanced case management support to clients who are participating in CISP, and the ARC List as required, supporting clients with a range of complex psycho-social needs.

This role provides crucial contribution to a multidisciplinary team that includes a magistrate, lawyer, police and support persons. ARC provides non-adversarial, less formal hearings to review and support participant progress. You will be providing complex case management support using a holistic and collaborative approach.

Eligible participants have a range of needs including mental illness and/or cognitive impairment, alcohol and substance issues, homelessness, family violence and/or limited social supports to recover or stabilise their condition.

You will work with voluntary, non- mandated clients for up to 12- months prior to sentencing. There is time to build rapport, carefully sequence goals, navigate setbacks and steadily address complicated issues.

Along with the participant you will attend Court on a monthly basis to provide expert advice to the Magistrate and other key stakeholders and members of the multidisciplinary team.

About You

You will be an experienced case manager with expertise in providing client centred, strengths based and solution focused support. Your other strengths will include:

• Tertiary qualifications (Diploma level highly desirable) and/or relevant case management experience (such as forensic, family violence, AOD, homelessness and/or mental health).
• Highly developed communication skills, especially with communicating hope and optimism for change and applying a person-centred and evidence-based approach to enhance the client's motivation.
• Experience in or demonstrated capacity to provide coaching and mentoring to case managers, particularly with an area of advanced knowledge and experience.
• Capacity to establish effective working relationships with the judiciary, legal professionals and service/court staff, write formal reports/case notes and speak to your work in a court setting.

How to Apply

Click the ‘Apply Now' button, ensuring you include the following in your application:

• Resume
• A short cover letter

Other information

CSV is the employer of staff at Courts Group. CSV has a firm commitment through its Koori Employment Plan to increase participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across our workforce.

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. Those from the LGBTQIA+ community, women, people of all ages, with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and those who are neurodiverse, are encouraged to apply.

We aim to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to email the contact person listed in the advertisement.