At Indigo Junction, we work alongside young people experiencing homelessness, housing instability, trauma, and other complex challenges, helping them build the foundations for a safe, stable and independent future.
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Youth Case Manager to provide intensive case management and therapeutic support to young people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Join us at an exciting time as Indigo Junction expands services through our brand-new purpose-built youth accommodation facility in Midland. This innovative service will provide safe and supported accommodation for young people experiencing homelessness, with intensive case management focused on achieving sustainable housing and long-term independence.
Working within a Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) framework, you will support young people to access and sustain housing, strengthen their wellbeing, develop practical life skills, and build connections that support long-term independence and positive life outcomes.
As a Youth Case Manager, you will work closely with young people to identify goals, overcome barriers, and navigate complex systems while providing consistent, trauma-informed support.
You will:
You are committed to empowering young people and believe in their capacity to achieve positive change. You bring a compassionate, strengths-based approach and are confident working with young people experiencing complex challenges.
You will ideally have:
Why Join Indigo Junction?
If you are passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers, achieve housing stability, and create brighter futures, we would love to hear from you.
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.
