Family Support Worker
* Exciting partnership with a new program * Salary Packaging * Intensive Family Support Program
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
Location: Perth
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-8-7293-4867
Fax: +61-3-5723-4512
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Detail information about job Family Support Worker. Terms and conditions vacancy
About the Service
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation in partnership with Centrecare Incorporated, have established an integrated approach to delivering the Department of Communities – Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS) Building Safe and Strong Families: Earlier Intervention and Family Support Strategy (the EIFS Strategy).
The overarching outcome will be to have children living in safe, stable nurturing environments, achieving good life outcomes, protecting from abuse and neglect and to support families and individuals who are at risk of crisis.
These services focuses on the needs of vulnerable Aboriginal children and families experiencing significant disadvantage and adverse consequences. Providing culturally secure, family focused services to support families to minimise risk to children and young people and to divert them from the child protection system.
About the role
To provide a culturally appropriate family support outreach service to assist families with children aged 0-17 to engage and assist them to build their capacity as parents and provide protection to their vulnerable and at risk children. The service will work holistically with families and priority access will be given to Aboriginal families. The service encompasses strength based approaches to enhance capacity of families, children and individuals to create a safe, protective environment, to develop skills to enhance their safety and life skills and improve their connectedness to the community and to available resources.
- Culturally appropriate, in home family support to families who are at risk of child protection intervention to build parental capacity
- Strengths based needs assessment and provision of parenting skill development to all family members.
What do we need
Essential
- Demonstrated experience in a similar capacity.
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with other organisations to achieve positive community outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience providing intensive, in-home support to children, young people and families, especially Aboriginal families.
- Demonstrated experience providing strength-based and culturally secure services to children, young people and families.
- Ability to work Monday to Friday with the ability to work between 7 am to 8 pm on a rostered basis and provide after hours, on call support.
Desirable
- Aboriginality
- Understanding of relevant legislation, regulations and external standards that apply to relevant work practices.
- Experience delivering outreach based services
Required Clearances and Licenses
- National Police Clearance
- Working with Children Check, or ability to obtain one
- Possession of a current 'C' class driver's licence and vehicle
How to Apply
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
For a complete Information pack please visit our website www.wungening.com.au All applications must be submitted through www.seek.com.au . Closing date for all applications is Wednesday 18th July 2018. If you would like to discuss an application please contact 08 92211411 or email [email protected]. We reserve the right to close applications prior to this date.