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Case Manager, Intensive Therapeutic Care - Ballina

Life Without Barriers (National)

About the Organisation 

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.     

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. 

About the role 

As a Case Manager, Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC), you will develop and implement therapeutic case plans for the individual needs of children and young people in ITC programs and support them to achieve their case plan goals.

Based in Ballina, the service delivery area for the role is between Yamba to Lismore and will hold a case load of between 6 to 8.

The successful candidate will have previous experience in Out Of Home Care and/or Disability case management. As part of the Case Manager, ITC role, it is expected that you will be part of a rotating on-call roster.

Key Responsibilities  

  • Develop and implement high quality therapeutic case plans for children and young people in LWB's care 
  • Develop and maintain functional and supportive relationships with children and young people in out of home care as well as their families in order to promote positive outcomes 
  • Attend shifts within the intensive therapeutic care homes, and work closely with the team 
  • Meet with clients and family members to gather input for case plans and ensure their views are represented 
  • Coordinate and network with other agencies to effectively achieve case plan goals within tight time frames. 
  • Participate in an on-call roster as required 
  • Ensure compliance with all internal policy and procedure, statutory and contractual requirements in relation to management of service delivery 

Skills & Experience 

  • Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Social Welfare, Psychology, Nursing or Mental Health
  • Understanding of trauma and its effects on children and young people
  • Experience in working with children and young people in out of home care, foster carers and families or groups 
  • Knowledge of current casework practices for children and young people 
  • High level communication, influencing, liaison, negotiation and mediation skills 
  • Current driver's licence 

Benefits: 

  • Salary packaging benefits
  • A car for work and personal use
  • Monthly rostered days off
  • Ongoing training and support
  • Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

How to Apply 

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Erin Bye at [email protected] or 02 4033 4500.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 7 June 2020

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).

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