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Senior Case Manager

Hester Hornbrook Academy

Summary

  • Be part of a highly skilled and committed team driven to help young people realise their potential, with the opportunity to work across a multi campus school setting
  • A competitive remuneration package is available, accompanied with salary packaging benefits
  • Full time position with a non-school term time that will commence at the beginning of the 2022 school term

About the program

The Hester Hornbrook Academy (HHA) provides flexible education and learning options, including VCAL (Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning) and VETiS (Vocational Education and Training in Schools). Recognising that mainstream education is not suitable for all young people, our programs are driven by the personal pursuits of students and integrate wellbeing and life skills approaches. Teachers and Youth workers work together to support students. We have classes and outreach learning options for students who are young parents, out of home care, experiencing homelessness, or who have been disengaged from mainstream education.

Our Healing Oriented Framework guides us in our trauma informed knowledge to enhance trauma responsiveness across all programs and deepens the capacity of teams and services in complex environments to provide healing oriented care.

About the role

The HHA Senior Case Manager is based at each campus and provides onsite leadership and expert advice to Youth Workers, Educators and ESOs. The role further works closely with an assigned Teacher/Trainer and provides wellbeing support to students and overall day to day classroom co-ordination.

The Senior Case Manager is a member of the HHA Wellbeing Leadership team and will undertake a range of functions requiring a high level of knowledge and skills, within wellbeing, to achieve results in line with the organisations strategic and annual implementation plans.

The Senior Case Manager will facilitate regular formal supervision and reflective practice to identified Youth Work staff at each campus and engage in all wellbeing leadership opportunities. The Senior Case Manager will further provide daily operational support to onsite leadership as required.

Duties of this role may include but are not limited to:

  • Provide high quality case management and support to students within allocated classroom
  • Contributing to the development and delivery of curriculum and class projects/activities
  • In collaboration with the Wellbeing Team Leader, provide wellbeing secondary consultation and crisis intervention support to onsite Youth Workers, Educators and ESOs
  • Provide formal supervision to identified youth work staff onsite
  • Work in collaboration and engage with the HHA wellbeing leadership team
  • Participate in, and facilitate, meetings, debriefing, supervision, training and forums.

Skills and experience

Essential:

  • A qualification in Youth Work/Social Work/Community Development or significant demonstrated experience in both classroom and outreach.
  • Proven ability to provide outreach supports to disengaged young people to enable them to develop educational knowledge and skills to transition to the classroom
  • Experience working with young people, LGBTQI young people and young people from diverse cultural backgrounds who have existing barriers to engaging in education.
  • An understanding of trauma-informed practice, restorative justice principles and the necessary skills to engage young people with multiple and complex needs.
  • Demonstrated experience working within a case management framework. Highly developed skills and experience in risk and needs assessment and risk management.

Please refer to the position description for the full duties and key selection criteria.

How to Apply

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For more details or assistance with application submission please email: [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Case Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process as part of the MCM selection process. Appointments to MCM roles will be subject to the following safety screening checks (as applicable to the role): National (and International if applicable) Police Check (which includes Proof of Identity Check), Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, Qualification Verification Check, Employment History Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check, Right to Work in Australia and current and valid driver licence. All costs associated with safety checks (except National Police Check) will be at applicants’ expense. MCM employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 consistent with the Victoria public health orders regarding COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Procedures and applicants will be required to present acceptable proof of their vaccination status as part of their application.

Our commitment to diversity

At HHA/MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people. If you require specific support to apply for this position, please advise the recruiting manager whose contact details are listed in the advertisement. We will work with you to identify the best way to assist you.

Our commitment to safety

HHA/MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

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