Senior Child Protection Practitioner (Community Based)

Department of Families Fairness and Housing; Albury City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Families Fairness and Housing seeks a Senior Child Protection Practitioner (Community Based) to work within the Support and Safety Hub network. The role focuses on expert risk analysis, multi-agency collaboration and delivery of child protection services in the local area.

Travel and occasional after-hours work may be required to support vulnerable children and families. The position involves contributing to prevention through early intervention, providing guidance to hub staff and

Qualifications

• Proven ability to assess risk and analyse complex cases.
• Experience in case planning and management.
• Ability to lead inquiries and ensure best practice compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk assessment and analysis; coach others in understanding risk.
• Provide case planning advice and support; input into cases with unacceptable risk to the child.
• Lead planning, review and management of issues in line with best practice and legislative requirements.

Skills

Risk assessment

Case planning

Critical inquiry

Job description

Senior Child Protection Practitioner (Community Based)

THE ROLE The Senior Child Protection Practitioner (Community Based) is an outposted child protection position that will work as a part of a team from the Support and Safety Hub (Hubs) in the local area. The position will report to the Team Manager (Support and Safety Hubs). The position will be required to, at times, attend the local Child Protection office for child protection related activities and meetings. Working within a multi-disciplinary setting, the SCPP (Community Based) will provide expert advice, support and consultation to Hubs staff, as well as to Family Services, Specialist Family Violence Services and Men's Services, where there are significant concerns for the wellbeing of children and young people. The position will work collaboratively with the services to support earlier and more effective intervention to vulnerable children, young people and their families and, where required, support the engagement of families with services. Work will include direct involvement with unborn children, when there is a high likelihood of child protection intervention post birth. The position will also be required to contribute to the development and delivery of community education to agencies regarding child protection statutory processes and responsibilities. The transportation of children is a requirement of this role, as such a valid driver's licence and willingness to travel, including in country regions is essential. There may be the requirement to work overnight and, travel in evenings and early mornings. On occasions, additional hours may be required to ensure the wellbeing of children.

This role requires a Working with Children Check. Further advice on obtaining this check can be found here: https://www.vic.gov.au/working-with-children-check For more information on what this means, and all other requirements, please see the Position Description.

Accountabilities

• Risk assessment and analysis: further develops and coach's others in their understanding of risk assessment and analysis
• Case planning review and case management: provides case planning advice, guidance and support to others; directly supports and inputs into cases where there is unacceptable risk to the child
• Critical inquiry: leads planning, review and management of issues in line with best practice principles and legislative requirements