Case Worker, Reconnect

• Provide support to young people that are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight), Maximum term position until 30 June 2025, based in Shepparton

About the opportunity

The Reconnect Program uses community-based early intervention services to assist young people aged 12 to 18 years (12 to 21 years for newly arrived youth) who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and their families.

As a Reconnect Case Worker, you will utilise direct client support, case management, referrals, and advocacy to assist young people to stabilise their living situation and improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training, and their local community.

Click here to view the Position Description.

What’s on offer

In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.

Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks.

10% discount on Kindergarten and Childcare at Uniting Early Learning Services.

About you

You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare, or related discipline (essential)
• Experience in working with newly arrived individuals and communities and an understanding of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse individuals and communities.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in working with disempowered and vulnerable people through a newly arrived CALD lens, including:
  • Capacity to engage clients and establish effective helping relationships.
  • Undertake strength-based assessments, needs analysis, development of intervention plans and work with clients to bring about change, working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
  • Understanding of the issues involved in casework with children, young people, and families.
• Knowledge and experience of a range of relevant intervention strategies and frameworks including children’s developmental needs, parent skill development, working with diversity, drug and alcohol recovery, the cycle of violence, crisis planning and family and broader systems.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective case management to young people and their families using a range of interventions.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Grace Hearn – Team Leader Youth Services on 0407 492 746 (during business hours) or grace.hearn@vt.uniting.org

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org 

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 relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.