Fostercare Case Manager

• Canberra
• Full Time
• SCHCADS Award Level 5-6
• Generous salary packaging & employee benefits

OzChild’s purpose is to support vulnerable children and young people by providing
healing, preventing abuse and neglect and strengthening families. OzChild delivers a range of diverse services aimed at improving life opportunities for children and young people including fostercare, kinship care, family services, education, disability and family law services.

ACT Together is a consortium between Barnardo’s, OzChild, The Australian Childhood Foundation, Premier Youth Works and Relationships Australia to deliver the Continuum of Care domain for the Australian Capital Territory. This domain brings together all of the service elements designed to support children and young people who cannot live with their birth families.

The purpose of this position is to:

• Provide therapeutic informed case management support to children and young people aged 0-18 years who are accessing the fostercare service. The case manager ensure the outcomes for the children and young people in the service are achieved and works alongside the carers and a number of other professionals to achieve this outcome.
• The case manager actively supports the needs of the carer to ensure stability for children and young people in their care. The role recruits, assesses and actively works towards retention for fostercarers.

Enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Dee-Ann Brown, ACT Manager on (02) 6110 2203 or at dbrown@ozchild.org.au

OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse
backgrounds to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and GLBTIQ communities.