Senior Case Manager - Youth Refuge
Apply your leadership skills and manage your own case load of clients
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Core Community Services Limited
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-2-5945-3620
Fax: +61-2-6743-2698
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Detail information about job Senior Case Manager - Youth Refuge. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Exciting opportunity to empower Young People achieve positive outcomes
- Be part of a passionate and supportive team
- Full time position until June 2020
- Exciting opportunity to empower Young People achieve positive outcomes
- Be part of a passionate and supportive team
- Full time position until June 2020
CORE Community Services (CCS) - we are a not-for-profit community organisation which has been operating in South West Sydney for almost 40 years. We deliver a wide range of services, activities and programs across five key service areas - Children's Services, Youth Services, Multicultural Communities, Aged and Disability Care and Community Engagement.
The position focuses on providing accommodation to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, predominately in the age range of 12 -24 years. The program will focus on working with young people and supporting them with accommodation, education and training pathways within South Western Sydney district and enhance the social and living skills of clients, by supporting them with their physical, emotional and developmental needs.
You will have the opportunity of managing your own case load of clients as well as providing support, encouragement and advice to the team.
Working closely with the Team Leader, you will oversee the delivery of the service to ensure it meets the needs of clients. You will be confident and assertive to work autonomously and think on your feet. With an ability to have difficult conversations where required, you will have leadership qualities to direct the team.
Selection Criteria
- Formal qualifications in community sector with a minimum of 2 years' frontline case work experience
- Extensive experience working with young people at risk with complex needs; an understanding of intervention and prevention models
- Demonstrated excellence in working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, families and organisations
- Strong ability to conduct thorough assessment and intake processes and make appropriate recommendations
- Experience in all aspects of case management and case plans
- Well-developed interpersonal, mediation and conflict management skills
- Knowledge of child protection issues and mandatory reporting
- Proven experience in data collection, evaluation and process improvement
- Demonstrated competence in community liaison and community capacity building; working with a range of appropriate professionals in youth related services
Desirably you will also have
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Prior experience in a refuge setting.
How to apply
If this sounds like you please submit a cover letter addressing the above selection criteria, current resume and details of three professional referees to [email protected].
Applications close 11 July 2018
You will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Check, NSW Working With Children Check, hold a NSW Driver's License and have working rights in Australia.