Help empower young lives through trauma-informed care, guiding families with expertise, compassion, and unwavering support!
Employee Benefits
- Above Award Salary – $73,924.99 – $91,738.24 (Based on Qualifications and Experience).
- 11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave (Pro-rata).
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
About the Role
As a Home Based Care Practitioner, you will work from a trauma-informed lens to provide direct case management to children and young people within the Foster Care and Kinship Care programs. You will also offer critical support and guidance to foster and kinship carers, ensuring that all involved feel empowered and supported.
This full time, ongoing role involves applying a thorough understanding of relevant legislation and standards, conducting risk and needs assessments, and utilizing a range of service frameworks, including the Best Interest Case Practice Model, Looking After Children, TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention), and Power to Kids frameworks.
Building trusting, supportive relationships with children, young people, families, and caregivers is central to this role. You will be expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of the challenges faced by these individuals, coupled with sound knowledge of the legislation affecting children, young people, and their families. To be successful in this role you must be able to work collaboratively with others, maintain professionalism and actively promote Brophy Family and Youth Services to the region.
Additionally, a solid grasp of trauma-informed care is essential, with opportunities for further training to enhance your expertise in this vital area of practice.
A full list of key duties is outlined in the Position Description, but includes responsibilities in:
- Engage with children, young people and their families using a variety of engagement strategies such as assertive engagement, outreach, and persistence and pacing.
- Undertake case management including intake, assessment, case/care planning, case coordination, supported referrals, case reviews and case closure.
- Facilitate, support and supervision access arrangement for children and young people.
- Support children, young people, their families and care givers utilising a variety of interventions and frameworks such as: the Best Interest and Looking After children frameworks, developmental theory, attachment and trauma theory, solution focussed and task centred models and mediation.
Do your skills include:
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of issues confronting disadvantaged children, young people and their families, particularly clients involved with the child protection system and out of home care program.
- An understanding of trauma informed practices.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the appropriate legislation, case management practice, and the ability to adhere to policy and procedures.
- An ability to maintain positive, effective working relationships with colleagues, peers, and relevant stakeholders in a wide range of government, business and community organisations.
Are your credentials:
- A minimum qualification of a sector recognised and accredited Bachelor of Social Work or Diploma in Community Welfare Work or equivalent. (Qualifications must be approved by recognised professional bodies: ie. AASW, Community Services Council, APS etc.)
- A current Drivers Licence.
About Brophy:
Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 200 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.
Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:
Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.
For more information please contact Marion Noye Operations Manager – Home Based Care on mnoye@brophy.org.au or 03 5561 8888.
Applications close on 15th November, or sooner if a successful candidate is appointed.
Applications will be assessed as they are received, and candidates may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.