Crisis Case Manager - West Metro & Barwon

About the role:

This position is situated within the Clinical Services Unit which is responsible for the development and continuous improvement of therapeutic clinical services, the delivery of quality practice and the professional culture of the client facing workforce delivering services to children, youth and families across the organisation.

MacKillop has implemented the Evidence Based Model – Multisystemic Therapy –Psychiatric (MSTP) in the metro regions to focus on families with 9 – 17-year-old young people. The psychiatric stream of MST integrates intensive mental health and substance abuse treatment with systemic family practice to provide clinical therapeutic support to young people and their families. The MST-Psych program provides intensive home-based treatment for the young client and the family where therapists often visit families initially as frequently as daily. In addition, 24/7 face-to-face crisis response by a member of the MST-Psych team is available to the family when needed.

The Crisis Case Manager also assists therapists carry out interventions in the homes and communities once the therapist and family members have developed and practiced the interventions.

The Crisis Case Manager will work with therapists in situations that require a second clinician either to increase clinician safety or to help the therapist in working with families experiencing high clinical needs.

This is an Ongoing Full-Time opportunity based in Barwon, West Metro and Brimbank/Melton within our Clinical Services Program. The position reports to the Manager MST Psychiatric.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, the incumbent will have;

• A bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work or a related subject area with work experience in a relevant area would be preferred.
• The role will require evening and weekend hours plus participating in a rostered on-call schedule therefore it is essential that the successful applicant’s life circumstances are sufficiently flexible to undertake this role.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake complex casework with families and children who have experienced trauma and present with complex needs
• Implementation of interventions targeting behavioural change in children at home and school
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behaviour of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighbourhood)
• Management of suicidal or homicidal threats and family safety risks

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.

For more information, please contact:

Sally Gilbert at sally.gilbert@mackillop.org.au

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay
• SCHADS Award Level 5, dependent on qualification and experience.
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.