Senior Child & Family Practitioner
Provide intensive support to families enabling children to live safely at home. Our team is passionate & committed to high quality work
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: The Benevolent Society
Location: Sydney
Work type: Contract/Temp
Salary: Salary packaging, ADO's, above award rates & more!
Phone: +61-8-7826-1633
Fax: +61-2-4476-7532
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Detail information about job Senior Child & Family Practitioner. Terms and conditions vacancy
Our Resilient Families Program provides intensive family support within the Child Protection system to strengthen families and decrease any risks to children, thus reducing the numbers of children entering Out of Home Care.
The Benevolent Society is one of the first organisations in Australia to use a social benefit bond to fund intensive, in-home family support to families. We have much to celebrate about that time and are excited to be starting the next chapter of Resilient Families.
Your new role:
As a Senior Social Worker/Case Worker, you will provide intensive support to families enabling children to live safely at home where there are significant complex vulnerabilities. You will provide intensive case management including in-home practical and therapeutic support from evidence informed, Resilience led approach. You will improve children's wellbeing by strengthening family functioning and relationships.
Terms: Maximum term full time position available at Hurstville
Some of the benefits we offer
- We support you to work flexibly; from home, other hubs or flexible hours
- We set you up for success with a buddy, structured orientation & mobile tools
- We celebrate the best live moments; the small acts that make a difference within our teams and with our clients
- Self care is important; Monthly accrued day off & purchase additional leave
- Salary packaging, meals and entertainment card and discount program available
- Novated leases & pool cars available
About you:
You will have a degree qualification, at least 3 years work experience in the Child Protection system and:
- Ability to actively engage high needs families using client-centered, strengths based approaches
- Understanding of current evidence based practice and intervention approaches for families and children
- High level written and verbal communication, it's important to document our work
- Excellent relationship building skills and experience working with the local Aboriginal communities
- Current drivers license (pool cars are available so you don't need to use your own vehicle)
Interested? Apply online today!
Call Samantha Beinke on 0437 565 922 to discuss the role in more detail. Closing date 29 July 2018
Internally this role is called a Senior Child & Family Practitioner.
We are committed to improving employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Older Australian's and people of all abilities. For application support only please contact [email protected].
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