Job Information
* Job ID: 531753
* Location: Sale, VIC, 3850
* Department: Child, Youth & Families
* Employment Type: Permanent Part Time (3 days per week)
* Closing Date: Jun 16 2026
Role Overview
As a Kinship Case Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting children and young people placed in kinship care to achieve safe, stable, and nurturing home environments. Working within the Kinship Case Contracting and First Supports model, you will deliver timely, comprehensive assessments, identify support needs, and connect families with appropriate services.
You will manage a mixed caseload, providing early intervention for new kinship placements and ongoing case contracting support for established families. This includes strengthening kinship networks, promoting placement stability, supporting reunification where appropriate, and enabling children to thrive. The role also involves coordinating flexible brokerage support, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring all case management responsibilities are delivered in line with organisational and statutory requirements.
Benefits of working at Uniting
* Access salary packaging to increase take‐home pay.
* Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff.
* Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
* Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
* Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
* Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
* Increase fortnight take‐home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits.
Skills and Experience
To be successful you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a post‐secondary qualification in Social Work, Welfare or a related field.
* Current driver's licence valid in Victoria.
* A demonstrated knowledge and understanding of issues surrounding the out‐of‐home care system / family services and the available resources and services in Gippsland.
* Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with adults, adolescents, children and sector representatives.
* Experience in the provision of support to children, youth and their families with multiple and complex needs.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Uniting is a child‐safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. Employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking. Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTQIA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.
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