Kinship Support Specialist
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Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies in Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year.
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We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence-based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people.
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Our mission is to ensure that children, young people and families are safe, thriving and hopeful.
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* Located in Shepparton on Yorta Yorta Country.
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* This is a full-time, fixed-term position.
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The Opportunity
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Providing Kinship Care services to children and their families in the Hume region.
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Kinship Care is the care provided to a child/young person or sibling group by their extended family or network when they are unable to be cared for by their biological parents.
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This position has an outreach focus in the community with service delivery across various regions.
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Key Responsibilities
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* Provide case management services to statutory kinship care arrangements to ensure long-term stability, security, safety and development needs are addressed.
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* Enhance and build on available formal and informal family and community supports for children and young people living in kinship placements.
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* Assist families to provide the best possible care arrangement for children/young people who are unable to safely live with their birth parents.
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* Work in accordance with case management requirements in partnership with child protection.
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Required Skills and Qualifications
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Demonstrated ability to effectively engage with children, young people and their kinship families.
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Understanding of inter-generational factors and complex relationships between extended family members impacting kinship placements.
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Experience working with children, young people and families through an attachment and trauma-based lens.
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Minimum qualification: Diploma in Psychology, Social Work, Youth Work or relevant field with intermediate experience in the sector.
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Bachelor qualification is highly desirable.
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Benefits
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* Professional Development training and on-the-job support to develop case management skills.
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* Salary packaging.
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* Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
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* 17.5% leave loading.
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