Embarking on a career journey with Social Futures means becoming part of a mission that goes beyond just a job. We are a voice for social change in regional Australia, with a history spanning over 47 years. Your role within our dedicated Family Connect and Support program, will allow you to:

• Utilise your strong engagement skills to bring families and young people, support services and community resources together so that children and young people are safe and well.
• Provide high quality, strengths based and person-centered intake, assessment and interventions within a case management framework.
•  Be innovative and solution focused in your approach to supporting families
•  Work within a highly skilled, supportive, and motivated team

Joining us, you’ll join/work alongside/ lead team of dedicated individuals who are focused on understanding  the challenges that face families, children and young people. From achieving positive outcomes for our customers to building positive connections, your work will be diverse and meaningful. 

Family Connect and Support currently has a vacancy for a Program Worker based in our Grafton office. This position is a 4 to 5 days a week, fixed-term contract until 30 June 2025. Aboriginal people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Family Connect and Support is an early intervention service providing timely information and advice, appropriate warm referrals and practical assistance to children, young people and families. The ability to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the service and to build positive connections and work collaboratively with key stakeholders are essential to the position.

This role is a great opportunity to support families, children and young people to make positive changes in their lives. Here’s how it will help transform your career:

• Gain valuable experience working with young people and their families
• Receive support through reflective practice, external, internal and group supervisions
• Broaden your skill set through diverse and meaningful work

At Social Futures, we believe in the value of your voice, and we are dedicated to making positive changes every day. We’ve got your back in providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, one that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. Here, your wellbeing matters to us.

Among the benefits, we offer flexible working options, access to ongoing learning and development, generous salary packaging options, a staff well-being program, and the opportunity to bank additional days leave per year. Additionally, we prioritise safety and uphold that Social Futures isn’t just a workplace; it’s a community.

Here, we believe in inclusivity, integrity, and learning. Why you’ll like working with us:

• Your voice will be valued and heard in our mission to support positive social change
• You’ll be part of a supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment where we celebrate individuality
• We prioritise your wellbeing, with benefits such as External Supervision, flexible working options

We are looking for a passionate individual with a desire to make a difference. The successful candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in health, education, psychology, social work, social science or social welfare, health promotion or similar
• Demonstrated experience providing high quality, evidence based, customer-centred, culturally appropriate individual and/or family therapeutic interventions and referrals
• Demonstrated experience providing short term interventions to meet immediate needs and longer term case coordination or case management where appropriate
• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with all people to ensure effective relationships
• Demonstrated well-developed organisational, time management and administrative skills with the ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining professional boundaries while engaging in person-centred work
• Ability to identify and respond appropriately to child protection and other high risk or vulnerability concerns

Social Futures is an equal opportunity employer and actively recruit from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. 

Working with Children, National Police Check and COVID Vaccination are mandatory requirements for all staff.

How to Apply:

A cover letter demonstrating how your skills, education and professional experience meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the position description, should be submitted with your application.

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Applications close Monday 23 October with interviews to be held the same week.

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For further information, please contact Shay Churchill on 0429 382 231.

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