Mary & Martha’s Women’s and Children’s Refuge provide safe, secure, short term accommodation and case management for women and their children. Providing a safe haven is just the beginning of our support. We assist our clients through a trauma-informed, empowerment approach to rebuild their lives and move towards a safe and better future.

Let’s talk about the role:

The Full Time Domestic and Family Violence Case Manager will be responsible to:

• Work with women, children and young people within an evidence-based framework of risk and needs assessments, crisis intervention, strengths-based practice, skills building, empowerment and problem solving;
• Identify and assess risk and needs for women and children using an evidence based risk assessment framework;
• Establish Goal Plans with women, children and relevant multi-disciplinary stakeholders;
• Ensure Goal Plans and supports are consistent with contemporary research and industry standards;
• Develop, deliver and evaluate programs / group work that assist women and their families to gain skills to assist them to re-establish themselves in the community;
• Empower women to make decisions and choices about their lives and their children;
• Participate in an after hours on-call roster.

Now let’s talk about you:

The successful applicant will have:

• Degree level qualifications in social work, social or behavioural sciences
• Significant experience working within community services, ideally domestic and family violence and/or family services or child safety sectors
• Previous experience conducting risk and needs assessments with women and children
• A willingness to work with children as individual clients in their own right
• The ability to work autonomously as well as in a team environment
• The ability to contribute to a positive team culture including excellent interpersonal skills
• This position requires maintenance of a positive Working with Children (Blue Card) check and current Australian Driver’s License.

What we can offer you:

A professional work environment in an organisation that genuinely cares, values dedication and performance. You will receive:

• Learning and development opportunities
• Access to salary packaging
• Access to discounts, such as health insurance, holiday and travel, gym membership, IT and home appliances
• Membership to our dedicated Employee Assistance Program.

About us:

Lutheran Services is a not-for-profit organisation that has been serving the people and communities of Queensland since 1935. We provide quality, contemporary care and support for people of all backgrounds, at more than 20 locations throughout Queensland.

Our dedicated workforce of nearly 1500 makes a difference to the lives of many people every day. They bring our vision to life – helping those we serve to pursue the lives they hope for, and enabling the communities we are part of to thrive.

As a member of the Lutheran Services team, you will enjoy a great work-life balance, generous benefits, flexible arrangements and ongoing opportunities for professional development and career progression.

To apply for this role, click on the below link and attach your resume and respond to the questions.