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ABOUT US

The Salvation Army is one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most. 

Why this role matters

The Salvation Army Youth Services offer an integrated suite of programs engaging with young people across Australia.

Our services create intentional avenues for young people to explore opportunities, build support networks, and access, participate and contribute to their communities.

Youth services provide a diverse range of programs which include housing and homelessness, driver training, education, employment, and training, AOD support, social and community activities, specialist therapeutic responses and youth justice programs.

About the role

We are seeking a values-driven Child and Family Case Manager who will support efforts to create environments where children and young people thrive and feel safe, valued, and empowered.

This role will advocate for children and young people engaging in the service to ensure their emotional, physical, social, educational, cultural, developmental, spiritual, and legal needs are met. They will uphold the voices of children and young people and use their wisdom to enhance our services, facilities, and programs.

The Child and Family Case Manager works with children, young people and parents who require or request parenting support through the delivery of evidence and strength-based support sessions focused on the development of healthy, positive parent-child interactions.

You will successfully:

• Adherence to the Family Violence Stream vision, mission and values and that of TSA and contributes to a collaborative approach to service delivery and improvement within the team
• Works under the general direction of the Team Leaders, Specialists and the Program Manager and adheres to established work practices whilst exercising initiative and judgement where practices and direction are not clearly defined
• Delivers highly effective and appropriate case management to children and young people, whilst understanding diverse experience of violence
• Delivers highly effective and appropriate parenting support services to families
• Advocate for children and families
• Assess and document the children and young people's experience of violence and the impact it has had on the child/young person
• Delivers highly effective and developmentally appropriate evidenced based support services to children and families, based on goals as identified by the parents and/or children, within their home, school, and community environments
• Develops positive and effective relationships with children and families and the broader community which encourage self-determination and participation
• Understands and effectively manages the delivery of community engagement and development strategies and activities. Including identifying service gaps and recommending service delivery improvements to the Senior Project Officer and State Manager
• Works in partnership with local people, local agencies, schools, and local council to develop innovative ways to address community priorities and demands of children and families

This is a full-time, fixed term (1 year) from hire, located in Karratha, WA. Salary and conditions are in accordance with the Case Manager Level 5 Award.

You will have:

• Degree qualification in Social Work, Early Childhood, Counselling, Community Development, Welfare, or related field
• Relevant experience in a social service environment is required
• Demonstrate knowledge regarding Family and Domestic Violence and the impacts on children and young people
• Demonstrate experience in delivering trauma-informed and responsive support, including delivery of educational and therapeutic programs for children and young people
• Demonstrate experience working with Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and/or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse peoples
• Highly developed time management skills with an ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision
• Competent computing skills including experience in data and record management and Microsoft Office Suite
• Relevant child protection requirements are obtained for example Working with Children Check
• A national police record check is required
• Current 'C' Class Drivers License

We are committed to providing a safe environment for our people. Please note that The Salvation Army has a mandatory vaccination procedure.

What we offer

• Flexible working conditions
• (Maybe eligible to) NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefits
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service
• Financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Discounted health and fitness programs through Fitness Passport
• Up to 8 weeks leave per year through our purchase leave scheme
• Generous Parental Leave offering of 12 weeks
• Up to 5 days paid leave per year to support a TSA program or activity
• An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate, and professional team members
• Positively supporting and impacting the lives of others through your career contribution

Applications will close as soon as a suitable candidate is secured. Do not delay in submitting your application today!

The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia's largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check.

We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.