Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 10th Jun 2021
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 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.
This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for you to make a positive change in the lives of young people in Out of Home Care in Perth Metro.
We are looking for a Case Worker to join our team who run Transitional High Needs placements for LWB in Perth metro. This is a specialised care model for clients with complex needs who have often experienced significant trauma and may display behaviours of concern including aggression, self-harm, drug and alcohol use, absconding and sexualised behaviour. This means the young person will be living in a house where we provide 24/7 care with Residential Support Workers providing 1:1 or 1:2 support to the young person.
The purpose of the Case Worker role is to develop and implement case or individual plans for young people in THN care ensuring we provide a safe and caring environment to assist the young person to meet their goals and re-engage in education and their community.
This is a full-time permanent position, based from our Leederville office (with some remote WFH or work from residential care houses each week). This role come with a Tool-of-Trade vehicle, laptop and mobile phone.
*Must participate in on-call roster as required*
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Department of Communities Check and Working with Children Check
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 [email protected], using the subject line: Case Worker - Complex Placements - Perth enquiry via EthicalJobs.