Description:
About the role:
This position is situated within the Wimmera South West Home Based Care Program which is responsible for providing out of home care placements to children in the Wimmera region and ensuring all their day to day care needs are met.
The Home-Based Care Support worker will work in collaboration with the home-based care case managers to assist them in supporting the children, their carers and families with practical day to day tasks for children and young people in care as required.
The Home-Based Care Support Worker is a member of the Home-Based Care Program in Wimmera South West and reports to the Home Based Care Coordinator or Senior Case Manager as per delegation of Program Coordinator.
Working under the direction of the Senior Case Manager and/or Home-Based Care Coordinator the objective of the role is to support the Home-Based Care Program in meeting the needs of children/young people and their carer families as required.
This is a Casual opportunity based in Hamilton, VIC within our Home-Based Care Wimmera South West Program.
Our offer:
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
- Generous Salary Packaging up to $18,500 (helps increase your take home pay)
- Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
- Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.
Key Selection Criteria:
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Demonstrated genuine caring for and understanding of working with children.
- Willingness to work collaboratively with children and young people, their carers and birth families maintaining a flexible, tolerant, and non-judgmental attitude.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.
For more information, please contact:
Jackie Chadderton at Jackie.Chadderton@mackillop.org.au
You must have a:
- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check;
- Valid Working with Children Check;
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles)
Our Commitment:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.
It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.