Child and Family Case Manager

Employment Term: Full-Time Opportunity with Part-Time Hours Considered. Maximum Term Contract to June 30th, 2025

Location: Sunshine Coast

Remuneration: From $49.28 per hour + 11.5 % Super + $15,900 Not for Profit Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our UnitingCare Minds Alive team as a Child and Family Case Manager you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

We are currently seeking to appoint a Child and Family Case Manager to work as a part of our UnitingCare Qld Minds Alive Team on the Sunshine Coast. This is a contract role to June 30th, 2025. Both full-time and part-time will be considered.

This position provides both intensive long term outreach support and or short-term assistance for children/young people and their families where the child or young person is affected by or at risk of mental illness.

This role also provides educational workshops and seminars for different key groups including client groups to promote better outcomes for children or young people that present with mental illness and their families.

What makes a difference for us?

You will have demonstrated skills and sound knowledge in working with children, young people and their families using child centred and family focused approach gained through previous appointments. You will be able to use therapeutic processes and practices particularly in relation to children and young people affected or at risk of mental illness and their families within frameworks and practices that are strength based and recovery focused.

In addition to the above you will also be required to have:

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant human services field and demonstrated skills and sound knowledge gained through substantial experience working with children and families

Current Drivers Licence

Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

What makes a difference for you?

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our FaDS team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.