About the role

We have 2 full time, permanent positions (35 hours per week) based in Liverpool.

Working within a multi-disciplinary team and supported by a comprehensive training program in trauma informed practice you will assess families’ needs holistically assisting them to form goals that will address their therapeutic needs.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing therapeutic casework services based on the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and the Proactive Case Management model
• Identifying the therapeutic needs of families, children and young people and structure the support intervention accordingly in collaboration with the Clinical Team and Youth Hope Coordinator
• Advocating on behalf of service users and linking them to ongoing support.
• Availability to provide services to families, children and young people at times and in locations that are most suitable to their needs, including evenings and weekends.

Skills & experience

• Degree level qualifications or equivalent in Social Work, Welfare, Psychology or related field with a minimum of 3 years casework experience with children, young people and families.
• Demonstrated ability to engage families with high and complex needs and work in partnership with them to achieve their goals, using a variety of intervention strategies from a range of theoretical models.
• Demonstrated understanding of child protection issues and an ability to conduct risk and family assessments within a competency-based approach.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging and working with culturally and linguistically diverse children, young people and families in a way that is culturally responsive and appropriate
• Demonstrated experience in engaging and working with Aboriginal children, young people and families in a way that is culturally responsive and appropriate
• Demonstrated commitment to children and young people remaining with their own family provided they are safe.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends.
• Current driver’s license and willingness to transport families, children and young people.

For more information, please contact Soraya on 0466 867 721 or [email protected], using the subject line: Youth Hope - Therapeutic Caseworkers x2 enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks which may include a National Police Check and Reference Checks. At Uniting Covid-19 vaccinations are a condition of employment.