Trauma-Informed OOHC Carer Assessor

Creating Links; New South Wales; Hybride; AUD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

Creating Links is seeking an OOHC Carer Assessor to join our Permanency Support Program. You will assess foster, relative and kinship carers, helping ensure children in out-of-home care have safe, stable homes.

Your trauma-informed approach and professional judgement will guide authorisation and training. You will work with cross-functional teams to build a diverse network of carers, delivering high-quality assessments and evidence-based recommendations to support placements and safeguarding

Qualifications

• Qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in assessment, interviewing or statutory child protection.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, attachment, child development and therapeutic care principles.
• Excellent analytical and report-writing skills with the ability to make evidence-based recommendations.
• Sound knowledge of NSW child protection legislation, out-of-home care requirements and safeguarding principles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with carers, families and stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Conduct comprehensive foster and kinship carer assessments, including interviews, home visits and household safety checks.
• Prepare high-quality assessment reports and recommendations for carer suitability and authorisation.
• Undertake annual and interim carer reviews and re-authorisation assessments.
• Deliver and coordinate carer training, including pre-authorisation and trauma-informed care programs.
• Assess carers' capacity to support children with trauma backgrounds, disability, complex behaviours and diverse cultural needs.
• Identify and manage safeguarding risks while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, Child Safe Standards and PSP requirements.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to support appropriate placement matching and informed decision-making.

Connaissances

Assessment

Trauma-informed

Attachment theory

Report writing

Interviews

Child protection

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Formation

Social Work degree

Psychology degree

Social Sciences degree

Description du poste

Creating Links is seeking an OOHC Carer Assessor to join our Permanency Support Program. You will assess foster, relative and kinship carers, helping ensure children in out-of-home care have safe, stable homes.

Your trauma-informed approach and professional judgement will guide authorisation and training. You will work with cross-functional teams to build a diverse network of carers, delivering high-quality assessments and evidence-based recommendations to support placements and safeguarding