About the role:
The Caseworker – Youth and Families is responsible for providing high quality early intervention and support services to vulnerable young people 12-17 years and their families across the Blacktown local government area.
The Case Manager:
Support young people and their families to access services that meet their needs;
•Provide client-focused casework, manage a case load and achieve individual targets;
•Ensure that the emotional, social, behavioural, developmental and educational needs of young people are met;
•Ensure that case work practice is responsive to individual needs and reflects the organisation’s values, policies and practice frameworks;
•Ensure that the rights of young people are protected, their wellbeing is actively safe guarded and any concerns are reported immediately;
•Develop and deliver skills-focused group work and skills training including independent living skills;
•Ensure that young people remain connected to the significant people and places in their lives;
•Ensure that young people have access to information and experiences which assist them to develop a positive sense of identity and culture;
•Ensure that young people and/or their families are included in decision making processes;
•Develop skills and expertise in key practice areas e.g. trauma; attachment; sexual, physical and emotional abuse; neglect; separation and loss; substance abuse; mental illness etc.
•Participate in team meetings, service networks, inter-agencies and forums as required;
•Promote the work of the organisation in the sector and wider community;
•Comply with the organisation’s administrative and financial management procedures;
• Participate in professional development opportunities as required;
• Participate constructively in supervision and performance appraisals;
• Participate in the development and review of policies and procedures;
• Remain informed of policy, practice and developments in early intervention and youth
services
• Be available to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends;
• Be available to undertake higher duties and/or secondment as required;
• Undertake other duties as required.
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.
