Senior Caseworker | Escaping Violence Payments Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services (Community Services & Development)
SCHADS Award Level 5 plus salary packaging benefits available. About us Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.
Our Vision is "A Spirit-led disciple-making movement: doing all the good we can because every life matters".
About the Program The Commonwealth Government is funding the program as part of its $1.1 billion commitment in the 2021-22 Federal Budget to help end violence. Wesley Mission will lead a pilot program providing financial assistance and wrap-around support to assist people in NSW and ACT to escape family violence. The Escaping Violence Payment program provides assistance to people wanting to leave a violent partner and establish a life free from violence.
About the role The EVP Senior Caseworkers will work with Domestic and Family Violence agencies and networks to complement the work they are providing to victim survivors as they seek to establish a home that is safe and free from violence. This role involves providing brief intervention with people who have experienced and escaped intimate partner violence who need support. Triaging of clients and assessing the eligibility of clients will be required. All staff in the Communities program work hard to develop and maintain harmonious working relationships in an autonomous-supportive work environment where they are all trained to be the best in their field. Wesley Mission provides regular supervision, support and training for all staff.
To be successful in this position, candidates must possess the following: willingness to affirm Wesley Mission's vision, mission and values confident professional with strong initiative team player with a can-do attitude and a willingness to contribute to a healthy team culture emotionally mature and resilient minimum 2 years of experience in working within the community services sector with a good understanding of the domestic violence space utilising a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach experience in maintaining and forging professional relationships with services working with victim survivors demonstrated understanding of case co-ordination of clients with complex needs good understanding of risk assessment and safety planning involved when an individual chooses to leave an Intimate Partner Violent (IPV) relationship ability to work independently and remotely with minimal supervision as required demonstrated cultural competency and experience in working alongside CALD and Aboriginal families good verbal and written communication skills knowledge of local DFV, family and child services *This position requires all preferred applicants to undergo a working with children's check and criminal record history check.
Apply now Please submit a copy of your CV/resume and a one-page cover letter addressing all the selection criteria and why you would be a good fit for the role. Please include the completed Wesley Mission Application for Employment.
Only applications with a one-page cover letter addressing all the selection criteria will be considered. Recruitment Process a brief telephone conversation to confirm details of the role and arrange a telephone interview telephone interview online aptitude testing and a behavioural questionnaire face-to-face interview reference & probity checks Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and Worker code of conduct. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
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