Organisation : Uniting
Location : Melbourne
Work type : Contract/Temporary
Salary type : Other
Application closing date : 25 Feb, 2021
About the organisation
About the role
- Leading community services organisation
- Salary packaging benefits
- Full Time (76 hours per fortnight), Maximum Term (12 month Parental Leave Contract)
About the opportunity
The Case Manager, in collaboration with the Manager, is responsible for achieving the objectives of the Heritage Service, in keeping with its service model, policies, procedures and applicable legislation. This primarily involves provision of the supported release of records, counselling, referrals to support services, and connection/reunification activities with people affected by adoption, including adopted people and their birth families.
About you
The ideal candidate is someone with :
- A Bachelors degree in counselling, psychology, social work or a related discipline (Essential)
- Extensive demonstrated experience in counselling, psychology, social work or a related field
- Ability to prepare and release historical records – excellent attention detail
- Experience counselling people who have experienced childhood trauma
- Strong evidence to support a strengths-based approach to service delivery
- Applied knowledge of trauma-informed practice, child development and family systems
- Demonstrated experience in working sensitively and supportively with vulnerable people with complex needs
How to apply
If this sounds like you, apply today by submitting the below:
- Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability by addressing the key/core selection criteria according to the position description)
- Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)
Applications close on Thursday 25 February 2021
Get in touch
For more information about the role, please call Catriona Milne, Manager – Heritage Services on 03 8644 1531
About Uniting
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
About The Heritage Service
Uniting Church agencies have been providing out-of-home care services for children for over a century. The Heritage Service exists to support those individuals and their families who spent time in these organisations as children, and who have returned to the organisations as adults, seeking records and other information about their time in care.
Visit us: www.unitingvictas.org.au
Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.
We seek to work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.
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Please quote in application: Case Manager via Pro Bono Australia.
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