- DURATION: Full time or part time position available until
June 30th 2024, with option of extension dependent on funding - First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with
disability, people of color, public housing residents or people with a lived
experience are encouraged to apply. - DSS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check.
About the role
The Case Manager, LGBTIQA+ and Family Violence will provide
therapeutic case work, group interventions, and other interventions as agreed
within supervision and according to Drummond Street’s (DS) Queerspace and
family violence practice approaches. The
Case Manager will work across both Queerspace and the Family Violence Response
programs. Case Management will also be provided to clients in the Living Free
and Futures Free from Violence programs that support women, trans, and gender
diverse people who have used force and/or violence in family and intimate
partner relationships, offering opportunities to work towards change.
Your responsibilities
- Provide queer sensitive and affirmative therapeutic case
management services to LGBTIQA+ clients and their families experiencing and/or
enacting family or intimate partner violence, mental health issues, harmful AOD
use, financial or housing insecurity - Use your expertise and knowledge in working with clients to
identify risk factors, the impact of the abuse, and their current needs and
protective factors - Help clients to identify and build increased safety within
their family environments and relationships - Assist with housing, financial/income, education and
employment needs - Complete applications for brokerage funds on behalf of
clients - Assist clients in building social and community supports and
connections - Engage in a reflective practice model of exploring practice
questions, dilemmas, tensions and surprises alongside other practitioners
About you
- Demonstrated ability to provide case management support with
positive outcomes for LGBTIQA+ individuals and families and for those
experiencing or enacting family violence - Highly skilled and experienced case manager
- Family-aware and inclusive practice whilst holding risk and
safety as paramount - Demonstrated capacity to work creatively, show initiative,
contribute ideas and be active in a supportive team environment in an agency
working to support individual and family relationships - Cultural and diversity humility
Selection Criteria, all of the following must be addressed in your application
to be considered.
Essential
- Qualifications in social work or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to provide case management
interventions with positive client outcomes - Knowledge of and/or experience in working with LGBTIQA+
communities - Demonstrated understanding of the needs, issues and
sensitivities of people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal, LGBTIQA+
and culturally and linguistically diverse people and communities - Demonstrated experience of working with families with
complex needs such as family violence, drug and alcohol and mental health issue - Demonstrated capacity to work within integrated,
collaborative and systemic approaches - Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to
meet deadlines and prioritise work tasks - Identify as belonging to LGBTIQA+ communities, as well as
other communities with whom DS assertively engages - Victorian driver’s license
Application process
- Applications close at midnight on Sunday 20th November 2022
- All applications will be directed to our careers portal – Case
Manager, LGBTIQA+ and Family Violence - All applicants must include a resume with a cover letter
addressing all the key selection criteria for the position
Please contact Paula Fernandez Arias on 03 9663 6733 or [email protected] to
discuss your application.