Careers

About the Organisation 

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role 

Reporting to the Operations Manager (State-wide Support), you will provide specialist case management support for Children and Young People within interstate placements to ensure the specific needs of these children and young people are appropriately met.

You will also support the development of practice and procedural expertise in the management of interstate out of home care support, the relationships that underpin it, and to streamline processes to enhance consistency and efficiency of these services in line with Life Without Barriers policies, procedures, relevant statutory regulations, funding and accreditation standards.

This is a permanent full time opportunity, offering the flexibility to be based anywhere within our NSW footprint, including hybrid work from home/office arrangements.  Regular travel within NSW and interstate is a requirement of this position. 

Learn more about our services for Children, Young People & Families here: https://www.lwb.org.au/services/child-youth-and-family/

Key Responsibilities  

• Establish processes for the management of Children and Young People residing interstate, including support and oversight through the Interstate Liaison unit. 
• Ensure that case management services and activities are evidence informed and align to the purpose & values of Life Without Barriers and the CARE and TCI endorsed practice models
• Manages the delivery of client case work services of Family Based Care teams and ensures the case management services complies with LWB policies & processes and the relevant statutory regulations, funding agreements and accreditation standards
• Liaise and partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure permanency goals (including restoration, guardianship and adoption)  of children and young people are actively worked towards and achieved
• Complete assessment, planning, review and referral for children and young people with complex support needs using endorsed and approved policy, procedures and tools
• Lead Family Based Care case management teams in the provision of best practice assessment, planning and evaluation processes for Children, Young People and their Families.
• Ensure written material for internal and external purposes is high quality, evidence informed and meets internal and external policy, legislative and regulatory requirements
• Ensure the management and escalation of risks and issues arising in the course of service delivery in accordance with Life Without Barriers policies & procedures

Skills & Experience 

• Tertiary level qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or related field
• Experience in child protection, working with children and families engaged within the out of home care sector. 
• Experience undertaking assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of case management and support services. 
• Working knowledge of protocols relating to interstate case casework support via the local statutory agency and procedures for the transfer of legal orders.
• Demonstrated experience in providing advice, support, mentoring and training to managers and staff
• Ability to lead and sustain evidence-based practice in supporting Children, Young People and their Families.
• Current Australian drivers’ licence 

Benefits: 

• Flexibility to be based anywhere within our NSW footprint, including hybrid work from home/office arrangements.  
• Monthly rostered day off 
• Generous Salary Packaging benefits - $18,550 per year, tax free!

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.
  
How to Apply 

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Kristy Crowe at recruitment@lwb.org.au  

 Applications close at midnight on Sunday 3rd November 2024

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face-to-face interview.