Safe Start Case Manager
Job No:
R202462
Location:
Hindmarsh
- Full Time Position (76 Fortnightly hours).
- $86,398 pro rata per annum + Super + Salary Packaging* (to increase your take home pay).
- Fixed Term Contract Ending 30 June 2025.
- Located in Hindmarsh.
You’re welcome at RASA
Our belief in the transformative power of relationships lies at the heart of everything we do.
You will be joining an inclusive, supportive and welcoming culture. Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) Values are Diversity, Respect, Belonging and Learning and this is reflected in the way we work and treat each other. Our teams embrace people from a wide range of cultures, backgrounds, beliefs, sexual and gender identities. We understand that your relationships are important, so we believe in being flexible, where possible, to support you to balance your work and personal commitments.
Who we are looking for
To be successful in this role you will:
- Tertiary qualifications (AQF level 7) in social work, psychology, occupational therapy, developmental education, counselling or youth work, or a Diploma (AQF Level 5) with equivalent experience in a one of the aforementioned fields.
- Experience working with infants, children and parents dealing with the impact of trauma caused by violence, abuse and neglect, and co-morbid factors of alcohol and substance misuse, mental health challenges.
- Experience in assessment, risk screening, case planning and review.
- Experience in delivering services to children and families at risk of entering the child protection system.
- Experience in providing collaborative case management and working with interagency networks supporting children and families at risk.
- Experience working with families with infants and young children including families from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.
It would be a bonus if you:
- Further qualifications in Case Management, Social Work, Psychology, Peri Natal Mental Health or related disciplines.
- Experience in program development, client outcomes monitoring and reporting.
What you will be doing
The Safe Start Case Manager works to reduce infant removals at birth and during the first 1000 days by enhancing protective attachments and developing robust family plans to address child protection concerns. This role involves direct, proactive, and intensive engagement with families to deliver high-quality therapeutic case management through effective screening, assessment, case planning, and coordination of interagency support services. The Case Manager ensures family-led decision-making, working transparently and ethically with high challenge and high support to address child protection concerns for unborn babies and infants within their kinship system.
- Provide therapeutic case management services to unborn babies, infants, and their families through intake, assessment, referral, and case management activities.
- Engage with families through face-to-face strategies, including sharing child protection concerns, cold calling, unannounced home visits, and using ISG protocols.
- Offer proactive support to families with intensive case management over a 6-8 month period.
- Manage a caseload of 8-10 high-risk, complex cases, providing up to four hours of support per family per week, gradually stepping down until service closure or handover.
- Utilize evidence-based practices and validated tools for assessing family risk and functioning, guided by Signs of Safety and Restorative Practice principles.
- Ensure effective interagency collaboration and regular client service reviews for each referred family.
- Contribute to the efficient functioning of the Safe Start service using client information and management systems.
- Monitor and review service delivery data to ensure quality outcomes and efficient use of funding.
- Follow directions from the Safe Start Service and Practice Lead in managing complex clients and high-risk situations.
For more information you can read the full Position Description.
If this role is what you are looking for, we’d love to hear from you.
Enquiries: Any enquiries can be addressed to Taylah McPherson, 08 8245 8100.
Relationships Australia South Australia is a Child Safe and Equal Opportunity Employer
Please note that the services provided at RASA sites mean that our employees need to follow some specific requirements:
- A satisfactory DHS Working with Children Check
- A satisfactory National Criminal History Check
- Have had the three TGA approved and recognised COVID vaccine doses and provide the certificate. If you can’t comply, you are encouraged to have a confidential conversation with the hiring manager about your individual circumstances.
*How Salary Packaging can increase your take home pay
Salary packing is an entitlement granted by the Federal Government to workers in approved non-government and health organisations. Salary Packaging can increase your take home salary by creating tax free earnings. In effect, $15,899 of your wage can be paid tax free in each fringe benefit tax year. This 'tax free' amount is in addition to the tax-free threshold of $18,200 for income.
Follow the link to the Salary Packaging information provided by AccessPay, our chosen provider, to find out more.
About RASA
Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a not-for-profit, secular, community organisation, helping people to overcome difficulties and bring about positive change in their lives. We offer services for families, couples and individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. To find out more about RASA go to rasa.org.au.