Child and Family Practitioner

unitingcareqld; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

12 weeks paid parental leave

Diversity and inclusive leave

Employee discounts program

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is seeking a Child and Family Practitioner in Rockhampton to deliver family intervention services. This permanent full-time role focuses on high-quality, therapeutic work with vulnerable children and families, including home-based interventions and case management.

You will support reunification, safety planning and parental engagement while upholding child protection best practices and collaborating with a multidisciplinary FaDS team.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification (minimum Bachelor Degree) in a relevant human services field.
• Registration with a nationally recognised professional body is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience working with children and families.
• QLD Blue Card for Child-Related Employment.
• Current driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to vulnerable children, young people and families within the Family Intervention Service.
• Deliver high-quality, best practice service delivery.
• Provide home-based intervention and case management.
• Offer holistic and therapeutic responses to family needs.

Skills

Experience with children

Home-based intervention

Case management

Therapeutic intervention

Education

Bachelor degree in human services

Blue Card (Child Related Employment)

Current Drivers Licence

Job description

Child and Family Practitioner | Family Intervention Service | Rockhampton

• Employment Term: Permanent Full-time (38 hours per week)
• Location: Rockhampton
• Remuneration: From $53.43per hour + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)
• Close Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Child and Family Practitioner , you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

This role will be responsible for providing services to vulnerable children, young people and families within the Family Intervention Service (FIS) with emphasis on delivery of high quality, best practice service delivery.

This position provides:

• A holistic and therapeutic response to the needs of families and individuals, that are involved in the child protection system.
• Intervention to support the reunification of children and/or young people to their biological family after spending time in out-of- home care placements or working with parents under and an Intervention with Parental Agreement case to work towards minimising the child protection worries so they can remain safe in the family home
• This role is a home-based intervention and includes case management requirements as well as therapeutic intervention skills

What makes a difference for us?

• A Tertiary qualification (minimum Bachelor Degree) in a relevant human services field with relevant experience in previous roles, and where relevant registration with a nationally recognised professional body is desirable
• Demonstrated skills and sound knowledge gained through experience working with children and families
• QLD Suitability Card for Child Related Employment (Blue Card)
• Be able to achieve results through personal proficiency and demonstrate high-quality technical or professional work
• Experience in the area of child protection is preferred but not essential
• Current Drivers Licence

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform , providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave , offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

Joining our FaDS, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family.

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Child safe, Child friendly

• UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aborigina