Foster Care Placement Support Specialist

LiveHire Limited; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Flexible working options

Learning & development

Wellbeing program

Parental leave

Job summary

AnglicareSA is seeking a Placement Support Worker to join our Southern Foster Care team. You will support children, young people and Foster Carers within a multidisciplinary care framework and collaborate with Child Protection and Out of Home Care programs, the Department for Child Protection, and other stakeholders.

You will apply cultural humility and trauma-informed practice to create safe, healing, and culturally responsive environments where children can thrive, with a full-time, 12-month

Qualifications

• Experience working with families, children and young people in a community services setting.
• Understanding of the Child Protection and Out of Home Care systems and related legislation.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver services across Adelaide’s southern metropolitan region as part of a multidisciplinary Placement Support team.
• Hold a caseload and provide in-home support and guidance to children and their Foster Carers.
• Use assessment and planning skills to coordinate strengths-based, trauma-informed supports for children and carers.
• Embed cultural awareness and sensitivity in all aspects of work, especially for First Nations and CALD children and young people.

Job description

AnglicareSA is seeking a Placement Support Worker to join our Southern Foster Care team. You will support children, young people and Foster Carers within a multidisciplinary care framework and collaborate with Child Protection and Out of Home Care programs, the Department for Child Protection, and other stakeholders.

You will apply cultural humility and trauma-informed practice to create safe, healing, and culturally responsive environments where children can thrive, with a full-time, 12-month