Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 20th Jul 2021
This position will be responsible for working within a new model of Kinship Care (First Supports). This model of care will be available to new statutory kinship care placements expected to last longer than three months.
Kinship Care Case Managers work in partnership with kinship carers, children and young people, birth parents, extended family and professionals.
This role will predominantly focus on providing Contracted and First Supports services to Kinship Care placements, with an emphasis on promoting placement preservation and supporting children, young people and their carers.
You can view the position description here.
To be successful in this role you will have:
If this sounds like you, apply today by submitting the following
Stacey Hopkins, Manager, Care and Placement Services
T: 03 5144 9388
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