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, not for profit 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.     

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 

Working within our Intensive Therapeutic Care program, you will be responsible for developing and implementing therapeutic care plans to support the needs of up to 6 young people living in Intensive Therapeutic Care Homes (ITCH) and Therapeutic Supported Independent Living (TSIL) Homes.

To be successful in this role, you must have previous experience managing complex caseloads for children and young people in out of home care and be willing to participate in an on-call roster as required.

Travel will be required across Wollongong along with occasional travel to Western Sydney (a car is provided with this role). Flexibility to work from home in combination with office based time will be considered for this opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement high quality therapeutic case plans
• Record, monitor and review goals to ensure ongoing relevance to the young person
• Attend shifts within the intensive therapeutic care homes
• Meet with young people and family members to gather input for case plans
• Coordinate and network with other stakeholders to achieve case plan goals
• Participate in an on-call roster as required 

Skills & Experience

• Relevant bachelor’s degree (Candidates with a relevant diploma, working towards a degree may be considered)
• Previous case management experience within an Out of Home Care or Intensive Therapeutic Care seting
• Understanding of current casework practices for children and young people 
• Understanding of trauma and its effects on children and young people
• Current Australian drivers’ licence 

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  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.

Benefits

• Meaningful work opportunity at one of Australia’s leading social purpose organisations.
• Access to Salary Packaging benefits and claim up to $15,900 in tax free earnings per year!
• Monthly rostered day off & company vehicle provided 

How to Apply 

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts.

For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Kristy Crowe at [email protected], using the subject line: Case Manager (Intensive Therapeutic Care) - Wollongong enquiry via EthicalJobs.  

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.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here.