Job description
- Office location; Yarraville on Bunurong Country & providing outreach in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
- Part time (0.6 FTE), fixed term position until the end of 2025
- Base salary $90k pa pro rata + Super & Salary Packaging
About the Side by Side program
Side by Side is an outcomes-based contract and aims to improve engagement, attendance and learning outcomes for some of Victoria’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The objective of the Side by Side Program is to support students in early primary school (Years 1 to 4) who are low attenders to close the gap on their attendance and learning.
Your Opportunity
The Family and Education Case Manager will work alongside Side by Side Teachers and VACCA’s Family and Education Case Manager to work with students and families to improve attendance and attainment in three identified primary schools in Western Melbourne region.
This opportunity will be a mix of outreach, working from the Yarraville office and work from home.
Your Skills and Experience
Qualification requirements for the role have a minimum of a Bachelor in Social Work, Welfare or other related discipline.
The successful candidate will have strong time management skills whilst maintaining strong communication to best support the positive outcomes for young people.
You will come with the ability to form strong relationships to assist families and strengthen their capacity to foster positive routines and connection with school.
The Benefits
- Above award salaries & allowances
- $15,900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff’s immediate family
- BSEM training (Berry Street Education Model)
- Regular reflective supervision
- A culture that values and support professional development
Join our team!
We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people! We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!
Apply now!
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted as soon as possible. Applications are being assessed as they are being received.
Queries to Mathew Tanner, Side by Side Team Leader on 0472713907.
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, National Police Check (International Police check if required) and Victorian Carer Registration.
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child-friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do, we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability, are encouraged to apply.
A position description is attached.