For over 240 years combined, Berry Street and Yooralla have been at the forefront of supporting Australians with a disability and those experiencing poverty, violence and abuse. Now, as one unified organisation, we bring together unparalleled expertise and a shared commitment to empowering individuals and families to thrive, while upholding and championing their human rights. We believe in a future where everyone has the opportunity to live the fulfilling life they choose for themselves, free from the impacts of trauma, violence, and abuse, achieved safely and with dignity.
Make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people in foster care.
As a Foster Care Case Manager, you will provide case management and care coordination for children and young people in foster care, helping to promote their safety, wellbeing, stability and development.
You will work closely with children, young people and their foster carers, providing ongoing guidance and practical support while coordinating the services and relationships around each placement. This includes working collaboratively with families, Child Protection, schools, therapeutic services, health providers and other key stakeholders.
A key part of the role is developing, implementing and reviewing child-centred and trauma-informed case plans, coordinating Care Team meetings and ensuring the views and experiences of children and young people inform decision-making.
You will also support foster carers to build strong, therapeutically informed relationships with the children in their care and help establish and maintain placements that provide safety, connection and stability.
Berry Street also provides a Therapeutic Foster Care model for children and young people with more complex needs, offering enhanced therapeutic support and additional training for carers.
You are a thoughtful and experienced practitioner who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care.
You are comfortable working in a complex service environment and can build strong, respectful relationships with children, young people, carers and professional networks.
Previous experience in statutory case management or out-of-home care will be highly regarded.
You will hold either:
A current Working with Children Check and driver’s licence are also required.
If you are passionate about supporting children and young people in foster care and want to work alongside carers to create safe, stable and nurturing placements, we would love to hear from you.
Please submit your resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the position.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
For enquiries about the position, please contact Sharelle Davidson, Senior Manager, on 03 5822 8143.
We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies.
We encourage applications from people with lived experience of disability. You'll receive adjustments and support throughout the whole process — from the application stage to starting in the workplace. If you require the position description in a different format or any accommodation or assistance during the application and interview stages please contact the person listed on the ad or alternatively email recruitment@berrystreet.org.au or call 9421 9392.
Berry Street Yooralla is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a NDIS Screening Check, Working with Children Check and National and International Police check (if required) and NDIS training.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
