Case Worker / Social Worker
Job No:
32787
Location:
Canberra, ACT
- Highly rewarding role, providing individualised behaviour support to young people in Canberra
- Newly created position, offering the opportunity to make your mark and progress your career
- Attractive remuneration package with incremental increases each year
About the Organisation
Premier Youthworks is a private organisation providing specialist support services to young people who have experienced extreme trauma and neglect in their lives. Through the commitment of skilled staff, resourcefulness and a collaborative relationship with community services/agencies, the organisation seeks to enhance the dignity, confidence and quality of life of the young people entrusted to care.
The organisation provides emergency, short term and medium term residential care, with individual programs developed and implemented for each young person. Premier Youthworks' goal is always to assist the young person to achieve long term outcomes which are sustainable beyond the service's involvement. The overall aim is to empower and equip the young person to participate as a valued member of the community.
Premier Youthworks has developed a record and reputation for positive, robust and effective service delivery to young people in Out-of-Home care in NSW and ACT.
About the Opportunity
Due to continued growth through NSW and the ACT, Premier Youthworks has an exciting newly created full-time opportunity for a Case Worker / Social Worker to join their dedicated team in Canberra.
Within this role, you'll be responsible for providing case management to young people displaying challenging behaviours, including the formulation and implementation of behaviour support plans. As this role is new, you will initially attend a training period in Newcastle, NSW, to be based in Canberra in the long term.
More specifically, your duties will include:
- Creating and reviewing Behaviour Management Plans, including writing and monitoring the progress;
- Facilitating and presenting training to staff in areas such as report writing, crisis intervention, self care and boundaries;
- Maintaining the psychology database;
- Writing psychotropic consent;
- Performing client visits and attending meetings where required; and
- Liaising with a wide range of stakeholders to collect information.
The successful applicant will hold a degree in Social Science or a relevant Allied Health discipline, with a solid knowledge of the mental health, trauma and abuse sector. You'll have a significant history of managing clients with challenging behaviours, including proven experience with writing behaviour support plans and associated reports.
It would be beneficial to have experience working specifically with young people and their carers, while a background in providing critical incident briefing would be advantageous. It is preferred you hold knowledge of OOHC and Unconditional Positive Regard, and have demonstrated skills in Positive Behaviour Support.
Importantly, you will be an enthusiastic, caring and understanding team player, with strong written and verbal communication skills, computer literacy and significant abilities in training. All applicants require a current driver's licence.
Premier Youthworks provides a supportive work environment, in which you will be welcomed by a team of professionals who are passionate about the challenging and personalised work that they do.
With this newly created role, you'll be handed the opportunity to make your mark in this innovative organisation, and contribute to the decision making process regarding clients' behaviour management plans. Management is always open to adopting new and creative approaches suggested by staff.
Premier Youthworks is a rapidly growing organisation, and with that growth comes the scope for career advancement.
In return for your dedication, you will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package, with incremental increases each year!
Advance your career, while helping to manage the behaviour of some of Canberra's most vulnerable youth - Apply Now!