Family Intervention Service Practitioner - Rockhampton

CatholicCare Central Queensland; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 46,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Professional supervision

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

CatholicCare Central Queensland – Rockhampton QLD is seeking a Family Intervention Service Practitioner. You will work with families involved with Child Protection Services to support reunification and strengthen caregiving capacity.

The role is permanent full time in Rockhampton, offering a competitive hourly rate and salary packaging options plus ongoing training and development.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Community Services is the minimum requirement with relevant experience.
• Degree progression in related fields is accepted in lieu of full qualification.
• Experience within Child Protection Services systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support family reunification for families involved with Child Protection Services.
• Help build stronger attachments between children, parents and communities.
• Assess and strengthen carers' capacity and caregiving abilities.
• Assist families to re-engage with their community and services.
• Collaborate with Child Protection Services to address risks and concerns.

Skills

Client focus

Relationship building

Communication

Domestic violence awareness

Child protection reporting

Cultural capability

Digital literacy

Education

Diploma in Community Services

Working towards related degree (Mental Health / AOD / Youth Work)

Job description

Family Intervention Service Practitioner - Rockhampton

CatholicCare Central Queensland – Rockhampton QLD

• Support family reunification and work directly with families involved with Child Protection Services to achieve positive and lasting outcomes.
• Permanent Full Time based in Rockhampton
• $40.49 per hour plus Superannuation and generous salary packaging up to $15,900
• Ongoing training and development with subsidised Professional Supervision

CatholicCare Central Queensland is a large, vibrant, and highly regarded not-for-profit organisation providing a broad range of quality social services throughout the Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton. Guided by our Christian ethos and the principles of Catholic Social Justice, we are committed to inclusive service delivery and proudly welcome employees and clients of all religions, backgrounds, and beliefs.

As part of the Tertiary Family Intervention Service, the Family Intervention Service Practitioner provides a range of capacity building supports to families and children experiencing vulnerability. This funded service has a child protection purpose and focus primarily on the care and protection of children and young people.

• Provide support for the reunification of families engaged with Child Protection Services
• Provide support to build stronger attachments between children, parents, and the communities they are located.
• Assess, support, and strengthen the caring and parenting capacity of caregivers.
• Provide support to improve the capacity of the families they are working with to re-engage with their community.
• Work collaboratively with Child Protection Services to assess, resolve, and further mitigate identified risks and concerns they have with individual families

What We're Looking For

• Minimum qualification required is Diploma in Community Services with relevant experience in the Child protective Services Systems in any state or territories, and or associated disciplines in AOD, Mental Health or Youth Work; or
• Working towards relevant degree, Diploma in Community Services, Diploma in Mental Health, AOD or Diploma Youth Work, and has the relevant experience in either discipline, to undertake the range of activities required.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrated capacity to be client focused, build relationships with clients through rapport, trust, and effective communication during interventions.
• Knowledge of issues and appropriate responses to children experiencing domestic and family violence, child abuse and or self-harm.
• Ability to complete concise, factual reporting for Child Protection Services as per funding agreements and service guidelines.
• Demonstrated, strong cultural capability for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Proficient digital literacy to support accurate documentation within CatholicCare’s chosen data management system

Please note that CatholicCare Central Queensland is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Applicants must have full and unrestricted working rights in Australia at the time of application.

All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant screening and background checks, including an Australian Federal Police check, an NDIS disability worker screening check, and attainment of a Blue Card for working with children, prior to commencement.