• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Permanent part time (19 hours per fortnight)
• Based at Sale

About the opportunity

We have an opportunity for a practitioner with experience in social work, psychology or disability fields to join our Gippsland Child, Youth and Family Services Program. The Case Worker will provide intensive support to families of children who present with highly complex behaviours due to disability and are at risk of requiring care outside of the family home. The Case Worker will also work with families where the child resides outside of the family home and return to the home is the case plan objective.

Responsibilities of the Case Worker include:

• Undertaking therapeutic assessments of children & families underpinned by a range of theoretical approaches
• Developing action plans for children & their families where complex disability support needs are identified
• Developing parenting strategies that will support strengthening and stabilising of the family
• Supporting families to navigate the NDIS
• Advocating for families to engage in identified disability services

View the full position description here: PD - Case Worker CCDSN.pdf

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a tertiary qualification in social work, psychology or a related discipline.

You will also have:

• Previous experience working directly with children and young people with highly complex behaviours due to disability
• Demonstrated case management experience within the child, youth and family welfare or disability sectors
• Well-developed risk assessment and risk management skills
• A trauma informed and family strengthening case practice approach
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover Letter (outlining your suitability according to the person specification in the position description)
• Current Resume

Get in touch

Bridie de Kunder – Acting Manager Children, Youth and Families

T: (03) 5144 7777

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking. It is a condition of employment that all eligible workforce receive the COVID-19 vaccination and supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties at any of Uniting’s workplaces.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.