Job description
About the Role
- This is a full time, permanent position
- Based in Taree
- Salary from $87,977 pa, plus super and access to generous salary packaging options
We’re looking for a creative, experienced, organised self-starter; someone as exceptional as the people we support to join us to provide assessment, crisis management, and casework as per the Homebuilders Model to families at high risk of having their children removed into care for protective concerns or who are having their children restored to their care.
This role is responsible for providing culturally responsive child and family assessments, intensive home visiting, crisis management and casework to prevent unnecessary entry of children and young people into Out of Home Care (OOHC).
Our team work to support vulnerable families who are at risk of further escalation in the child protection system because we believe that supporting families before a crisis improves family resilience and reduces harm to children.
About You
- Tertiary level qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, social welfare or a related discipline
- Demonstrated case management experience with at risk children and their families.
- Demonstrated understanding of child protection issues and an ability to conduct risk and family assessments using a strengths based approach.
- Demonstrated ability to work with families in crisis and work in partnership with them to achieve their goals, using a variety of evidence based intervention strategies.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting Aboriginal families using culturally safe and sensitive interventions.
- Commitment to ongoing training and development to ensure a broad range of evidence-based models as determined necessary by the program.
- Current NSW Working With Children’s check.
- Current driving license.
About the benefits
As well as the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others we are also offering:
- Access to a range of employee benefits (U-Rewards program, flex time and additional week of annual leave over Christmas, Benestar Employee Assistance Program and the Uniting With Hearts Reward and Recognition Program)
- Ongoing professional and personal development opportunities across our varied service streams.
If you have any questions or require further details then please contact Soraya Kauhiva on 0466 867 721 or [email protected], using the subject line: Intensive Family Preservation Caseworker – Taree enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks which include a National Police Check and Reference Check