Adoption and Kinship Coordinator
KLC Recruitment are currently seeking applications from Team Leaders and Managers with Adoption or Kinship Care experience.
Summary about this job
Psychology, Counselling & Social Work
Company: KLC Recruitment Pty Ltd
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-3957-6024
Fax: +61-8-8102-6489
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Detail information about job Adoption and Kinship Coordinator. Terms and conditions vacancy
We are currently seeking an experienced team leaders or managers with prior working knowledge of the adoption, kinship care and permanent care space. Providing support to children and families the ideal candidate for this role will have experience in counselling, education and training along with providing intensive support to parents, guardians and children.
To be successful in this role you must:
- Hold a tertiary degree in Social Work or Psychology
- Significant background in working within the Child Youth and Family Welfare Sector
- Experience in case management, assessment, counselling and mediation
- Knowledge and experience of the current practice of permanent care, adoption and child protection laws
- A current working with children's check, and police check (or be willing to undergo a police check)
You duties in this role will include:
- Providing counselling to parents considering adoption
- Placement of infants with adoptive families
- Providing a stable and secure family life for children form the protective services system- through recruitment, training and assessment to approved carers.
- Providing counselling and information for all people involved in the adoption process
- Liaising with other agencies
- Ensuring that all cases are managed within a risk management framework
- Developing creative and flexible service responses
For more information in relation to this role please call (03) 9857 6756 or apply now