Senior Case Worker

Strong Minds Child, Youth and Family: Senior Case Worker – Permanent Full Time RoleWoodville Alliance (WA) is a not-for-profit community organisation based in Western Sydney and working primarily in Fairfield, Bankstown, Auburn and Liverpool. We have operated for over fourty years and provide a broad range of children’s, family, youth, mental health, disability and early intervention services. Further details regarding our services can be found on our website: http://www.woodville.org.au/ Our organisational vision and mission focuses on social justice and working in partnership with our community. Our values include empowerment, empathy, compassion and innovation. PROGRAM OBJECTIVEThe Strong Minds program within our Community Initiatives Team is funded by the Department of Social Services (DSS) under the Family Mental Health Support Service (FMHSS) program. It services three funded locations within in Western and South Western Sydney (SA3) with from our office at Auburn. This program offers early intervention supports to vulnerable families of children (birth to 18 years) who are at risk of or affected by mental illness to address risk factors and strengthen protective factors. Key aims include: improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, enabling them to better manage impacts of mental illness and increasing community understanding of and response to mental health issues affecting children and young people.MAIN DUTIESYou will provide leadership, mentoring and your expertise to both developing and experienced Case Workers Work collaboratively to support the team by identifying training needs and building capacity, implementing quality improvements and evaluating the case review process of the programProvide long term intervention (approx. 12 months), quality complex case-management and evidence-based group interventions (non-clinical) to clients of the Strong Minds ProgramBuild a collaborative culture with other agencies, mental health services, NGO’s and families to plan, coordinate and negotiate services for Strong Minds clients including implementation of Family Action Plans and other documentsUndertake client advocacy, problem solving, case coordination and reporting as necessary to minimize harm to clients and othersEnsure that services and quality client assessments are delivered in line with FMHSS Program and other funding and organisational policies and proceduresContribute to the development, continuous quality improvement and evaluation of family support strategies for children and young people by keeping up to date on research and best practice and participating in supervisionESSENTIALDegree level qualifications in the areas of Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, Health or equivalentMinimum 5 years’ experience working with children and/or young people with mental illness and demonstrated knowledge of mental health issuesDemonstrated experience delivering evidence-based group programs, in particular to disengaged young men and young women.Demonstrated quality complex case work, case management skills and evidence-based group work interventions, especially in a cross-cultural setting and within an early intervention context.Desirable -Staff supervision experience in Case ManagementDemonstrated understanding of how to holistically assess needs of clients, including conducting risk assessments and developing effective family action plansUnderstanding of safe work practices and management of risk.Demonstrated experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi- disciplinary team.Demonstrated experience at working with a variety of stakeholders to support better outcomes for clientsA commitment to social justice principlesA current Australian Drivers’ License and current and verified Working With Children Check and National Police CheckHOW TO APPLY Please click the 'apply' button to forward your CV and letter of application addressing the essential criteria 1 to 5 as listed above by COB Tuesday 14th May 2019. Please note applications will not be progressed if they do not address the specified essential criteria. Applications will be processed as they are recieved. Please visit: https://rec.myrecruitmentplus.com/smejobsearch/jsponly/downloadFile.jsp?attId=54266 to view the position description. Call Tishia Boulton-Bell – HR Assistant on 02 9722 5213 for more information.Woodville Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our work has always been underpinned by a strong commitment to social justice. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.Position Description AUD Auburn 2144

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