Centacare North Queensland is a not-for-profit organisation that provides counselling, family support, mediation, family dispute resolution, disability services, education and courses, crisis housing and homelessness support, youth services, community engagement and NDIS services. Centacare services the North Queensland community from offices in Townsville, Ayr, Bowen, Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach and Normanton.

The Family Intervention Service is an in home intensive support service for families engaged within the Child Protection system within the Townsville Region, including outreach areas of Burdekin, Ingham, Charters Towers and Palm Island. The service provides assessment, education, practical and family support to assist families’ in addressing child protection goals where the children are living in the home and risk factors have been identified, and where the children are living in out of home care and the family is working towards reunification.

Benefits you will enjoy

• Generous Salary Sacrifice Options
• 5 Weeks Annual Leave (pro rata) with 17.5% leave loading
• 1 day Birthday Leave
• Professional Development and Study Leave
• 30.4 hours per week (Tuesday to Friday)

Joining a values-driven, supportive and inclusive team, you will:

• Build rapport with families while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Complete assessment of family’s needs through engagement and consultation with the family and information obtained through outcome star, observations, family history, and child safety case plan. Develop an intervention plan based on assessment.
• Provide practical family support strategies and appropriate modelling of parenting and household skills to families to strengthen parenting capacity and to provide a positive family environment.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Possession of a relevant social services degree or Diploma qualification and a minimum of three years’ experience in the social/ community services sector.
• Demonstrated ability to impart knowledge and skills using a range of theoretical frameworks in a creative and flexible way regarding household and child management in a non-judgmental manner.
• Highly developed communication skills both written and verbal for working with a broad-based network of service providers and culturally diverse clientele.
• A current:
  • Drivers’ Licence
  • Appropriate Blue Card
  • Disability Worker Screening (Yellow Card) or be eligible to obtain one

It is desirable that you will have: 

• Knowledge skills and experience in one or more of the following – Group work, community education and training and Indigenous services.
• Relevant experience in Community Services and or within a Not-For-Profit or Faith Based sectors.

Centacare North Queensland is a Child Safe and Equal Opportunities Employer.  People from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. To be considered for a position, applicants must hold a current Blue Card, hold/be eligible for a Disability Worker Screening (Yellow Card), and have appropriate work rights in Australia.

COVID-19 VACCINATION: It is a condition of employment for all Centacare North Queensland positions for the employee to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be required prior to commencement.