Child & Family Practitioner

Martian Logic Pty; Campbelltown; Remote; AUD 55,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Hybrid work options

12 extra days off per year

Fitness Passport access

EAP support

Additional leave

Job summary

Benevolent in Australia is seeking a Part-time Child & Family Practitioner to support young parents and their children through the Targeted Early Intervention program on Dharawal country in Campbelltown. You'll conduct comprehensive assessments, develop family-led plans, and coordinate with services while maintaining case notes.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, strengths-based practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in social work or related field.
• At least 12 months’ case-management experience with at-risk families.
• Understanding of child-protection issues, trauma and family violence.
• Ability to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and diverse groups.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage young parents, children and families through strengths-based assessment and risk-minimisation processes.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop, implement, monitor and review family-led client plans.
• Provide regular casework support as the family’s key worker, including contact visits and practical assistance.
• Coordinate support with government agencies, schools, health services, GPs, allied health professionals and other community service providers.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate relevant groups and workshops where required.
• Maintain timely, clear and accurate case notes, reports and other client documentation, escalating child-safety or wellbeing concerns appropriately.

Skills

Case-management

Communication skills

Cultural competence

Trauma-informed approach

Relationship-building

Education

Degree in social work/early childhood/psychology or equivalent

Job description

• Part-time, fixed-term position working 30 hours per week, based on Dharawal Country in Campbelltown
• $40.52-$50.77 per hour + Super + Salary Packaging
• Meaningful work supporting young parents and their children through the Targeted Early Intervention / Foundations for Young Parents program

Who We Are

At Benevolent, we believe every person deserves to live life on their own terms, with dignity, respect and a sense of belonging. For over two centuries, as Australia's first charity, this belief has shaped who we are and how we work.

As a not-for-profit, independent and non-religious organisation, we are a practice?led organisation, our work is grounded in evidence and strengths?based approaches that place people at the centre of everything we do. We walk alongside individuals, families and communities, upholding rights, amplifying voices and advocating for safer, more inclusive systems where people can thrive.

As a Child & Family Practitioner in our Targeted Early Intervention / Foundations for Young Parents program, you will work alongside young parents and their children to build parenting confidence, strengthen family relationships and support safe, positive outcomes.

Using strengths-based, trauma-informed and child-centred practice, you will undertake comprehensive assessments and work collaboratively with families to develop practical, achievable plans. You will also connect families with community and specialist services that respond to their individual needs. The broader position purpose includes improving parenting capacity, strengthening family resilience and functioning, increasing children’s safety and reducing the risk of children entering out-of-home care.

This is a part-time, fixed-term opportunity working 30 hours per week until 30 June 2027, providing coverage for an employee secondment.

How You Will Contribute

• Engage young parents, children and families through respectful, strengths-based assessment and risk-minimisation processes.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop, implement, monitor and review family-led client plans.
• Provide regular casework support as the family’s key worker, including contact visits and practical assistance.
• Coordinate support with government agencies, schools, health services, GPs, allied health professionals and other community service providers.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate relevant groups and workshops where required.
• Maintain timely, clear and accurate case notes, reports and other client documentation, escalating child-safety or wellbeing concerns appropriately.

We support our people to live their best lives, with benefits that support your wellbeing, growth and lifestyle. Here are some of the key benefits, and we’d love to tell you more.

• Salary Packaging & Perks - Maximise your take-home pay with up to $18,550 in salary packaging including entertainment and vehicle packaging options to suit your lifestyle, corporate rates/discount with selected partners.
• Flexibility & Wellbeing - Enjoy hybrid work options, monthly ADOs (12 extra days off per year for full time staff), Fitness Passport access, EAP support, and the option to purchase additional leave.
• Recognition & Growth - Competitive pay, Benevolent You Make a Difference recognition program, service rewards, long service leave after 5 years, supportive performance and career check in’s and tailored professional development opportunities.
• Cultural Inclusion - Dedicated cultural leave and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, including leadership pathways and networking groups.
• Employee Networks - Connect through our diverse, employee-led networks that celebrate diversity and foster connection and allyship across shared experiences and identities

Your Skills and Experience?

We want you to be successful in your new role! This means you’ll have:

• A degree qualification in social work, early childhood, psychology or a similar field.
• At least 12 months’ case-management experience working with at-risk children, young people and/or families in a child-protection-focused role, including experience completing comprehensive assessments.
• A strong understanding of child-protection issues, trauma and vulnerabilities including domestic and family violence, mental health concerns and alcohol or other drug use.
• The ability to work respectfully and effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with diverse identities and lived experiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication, relationship-building and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• The capacity to work flexibly and travel to clients and other service locations, together with the required working-with-children clearance.

This role aligns with the capability requirements of Individual Contributor level. Please see the Capability Framework attached to this advert to discover essential skills, values and behaviours required at this level. ?

Ready to make a difference??

Need more information or have questions? Feel free to reach out to Cristina Maiorana at 0432 752 265 for a friendly, confidential discussion.

At Benevolent we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and to providing a culturally safe workplace for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, including LGBTIQA+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities, and those from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, to strengthen our ability to deliver inclusive and responsive services to the communities we support.

We recognise and value the cultural knowledge, lived experience and community connections that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples bring, and welcome applications from individuals across all cultures, identities and lived experiences.

Child & Family Practitioner

Community Services & Development Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services

Closes 31st Oct 26