Case Manager|Navigator

Anglicare Victoria Careers; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 116,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Well Worth It! Program

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discounted health insurance

Rainbow Tick Accreditation

Job summary

Anglicare Victoria is expanding its Navigator program in Broadmeadows to support young people who have disengaged from school. The role focuses on intensive case management, collaborating with families, schools and services to address complex barriers such as mental health and neurodiversity, helping learners re-engage with education and achieve their goals.

You will work with children and their support networks across Hume & Merri-Bek, with a part-time schedule (22.8 hours) and a SCHADS level 5

Qualifications

• Extensive case management experience drawing from multiple frameworks and theoretical approaches.
• Experience working with children who have disengaged from school and complex barriers to engagement.
• Ability to collaborate with schools, families and external stakeholders to support educational goals.

Responsibilities

• Work with children who have disconnected from school and their families to re-engage with education.
• Collaborate with schools and support networks to address barriers to engagement.
• Conduct intensive outreach across defined local areas to reach disengaged learners.
• Build rapport with young people facing mental health, disability, trauma, or neurodiversity challenges.
• Represent Anglicare Victoria in liaising with government and non-government partners.

Skills

Case management

Disengagement & education

Mental health awareness

Communication skills

Interagency liaison

School environment knowledge

Trauma-informed approach

Job description

• Support young people and their families in relation to school disengagement


• Part time | 3 days, 0.6, 22.8 hours | permanent | Based at Broadmeadows


• A case management level position | intensive | targeted | complex

The Program

Navigator here at Anglicare Victoria is expanding and will build a new team working from Broadmeadows. This brings the number of Navigator programs we operate to six, making us the largest provider of Navigator services in Victoria.

The Navigator Program is an intensive, targeted, education support service where Case Managers work in collaboration with schools, young people, families, and external stakeholders to find ways to achieve educational goals.

What our students say: “This program has made my future just that little bit brighter, and that’s what I so desperately needed”

About the role

You will primarily be working with children who have disconnected from school. Many of these young people have complex barriers to educational engagement & have not responded to school-based engagement interventions. Young people may experience barriers such as mental health, disability, and neurodiversity as well as trauma.

Your role is to work with young people, their families & support networks to address these issues underlying disengagement & help them re-engage with their education & achieve their goals.

Make your mark

• Extensive case management experience, drawing from a variety of appropriate frameworks and theoretical approaches.


• Bring your area of expertise to a diverse team be that mental health, disability, education or family services.


• Assist disengaged learners to re-connect back into education and learning.


• Successfully build rapport with children and young people, who present with a range of complex challenges such as mental health, disability, neurodiversity, trauma.


• Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation and liaison skills.


• Ability to work with government and non-government organisations, community groups and clients’ families/networks.


• Knowledge of school environments and educational policy.

Make it work

• Inspiring leadership supporting individual agency and autonomy.


• A salary at SCHADS level 5 which equates to around $105,557


• Flexible through the increments up to 5.3 dependent upon experience.


• Part time, permanent, 22.8 hours.


• Site based at our office in Broadmeadows.


• Requires intensive outreach across the Hume & Merri-Bek areas.


• We take the Health and Wellbeing of our people seriously offering a Well Worth It! Program, Fitness Passport and EAP.


• Access to discounted health insurance as well!


• A diverse and inclusive workplace for you to feel safe, acknowledged and included.


• Learn from a team around you, support one another and deliver the best outcomes for young people.


• Our people are our biggest asset, we will support you to progress your career with a dedicated L&D team.


• A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition.

What our people say: “I first came to Anglicare because of their reputation for delivering high-quality services. The size of the organisation was quite appealing as well. I’ve stayed for the same reasons - our size and strength means we have a lot of support structures and infrastructure that support us to do our work.”

Detailed Position Description: Case Manager Navigator PD YS NAV E AW5 052023 V1.2 (1).pdf

For further enquiries regarding this Navigator position contact our Recruitment Specialist Paul Ridley on 03 9412 6078 or email [e-mail]

Applications close: Sunday 22nd November.

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.