Job Description
Seeking an experienced Family Services Practitioner to provide intensive intervention and support aimed at preventing at-risk Aboriginal children from entering care. You will also aid children who have recently been placed in out-of-home care in to be reunified with their families.
Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Practitioner
Salary - $61 - $63 per hour (depending on experience) + super
Benefits:
- Mon - Fri, Fulltime hours, permanent ongoing contract
- Generous remuneration
- Continued career growth and development
- Opportunity to utilise your skills to support vulnerable Aboriginal children and families
Why work with our Client Organisation:
Our client organisation is committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving families. Providing high quality serivces for Aboriginal families to heal from trauma, you will be provided with training opportunites and continued career growth.
About the Role:
The primary responsibility of AFPR Practitioners is to actively engage with Aboriginal families with children and young people, aiding them in fostering a safe and healthy family environment. The teams core aim is to prevent removal of children from homes and aid children in being reunified with their families.
Key Duties:
- Offer intensive outreach to children or young people and their families
- Manage and maintain accurate case records including case notes, completed forms and reports as required
- Coordinating with various stakeholders, including Child Protection, regional ACCOs, Alliance partners, MCH services, and Community Service Organisations to develop and provide client support.
- Participate in referral meetings with Child Protection
- Proactively engage families through an intensive therapeutic, evidence-informed approach.
- Provide culturally sensitive service responses with a focus on healing.
- Offer practical, emotional support, advocacy, coaching, skill-building, and access to social and economic resources
Skills and Experience:
- Certificate, Diploma or Degree qualification in Community Services
- A minimum 1-3yrs experience as a Practitioner in a relevant field that supports an understanding of child development and family functioning including theories of attachment, intergenerational and personal trauma as well as relevant risk assessment frameworks, service responses and interventions in working with vulnerable families.
You will also need to be willing to provide 2x professional references + undergo a Working with Children Check and Police Check.
How to apply:
- Click 'Apply Now' and upload your CV via the appropriate link.
- For any queries regarding the position or application process, please email teamfam@twrecruitment.com.au or contact (03) 9081 0562 and ask to speak to someone in the Family Services Team
TRADEWIND AUSTRALIA AND THE ORGANISATIONS WE REPRESENT ARE PROUD TO BE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYERS.
We welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the organisations we partner with, and the people they support. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability and lived experience to apply.
