ProCare Australia are the leading specialist recruitment agency for the community service industry in Australia, providing casual, locum and permanent career opportunities.
The Organisation:
Our client is a long-standing member of the community providing creative, planned and innovative services for our community. This well-established non-for-profit organisation is a Brisbane based service supporting needs such as legal, domestic violence, counselling, disability, mental health, employment and various other youth and family based services.
We are recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. If you apply directly with our client, we are not able to represent you.
The Role:
Practitioner – Family Resources
This is a Permanent, Full-Time opportunity
On behalf of our client, we have an exciting opportunity for a Family Practitioner who is keen to back young parents and their children to thrive.
You’ll be part of an exciting integration initiative. Our new service model brings together a multidisciplinary team to back young parents and their families to overcome adversity through relationship-based work and access to specialists.
Family Resource Practitioners build strong relationships with young families, to support them to articulate their goals and ambitions, developing a tailored response to young families and “do what it takes” to support each family member to thrive.
The team works together to build young parents’ capacity, confidence and wellbeing and improve children’s development. You will adapt approaches to the work depending on the family’s capacity and circumstances at the
time.
To be considered for this role, candidates must be fully vaccinated for COVID.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and equip young families to pursue their goals, building strong relationships with young parents as a foundation for change, and adapting approaches to the work including strengths- based case management, motivational interviewing, family coaching and group work depending
on the family’s capacity and circumstances at the time. - Work collaboratively within an integrated team to deliver a tailored response to support each family’s aspirations.
- Provide a culturally safe environment and engagement for first nations and culturally and linguistically diverse young families.
- Build a young parent’s capacity to problem solve and implement solutions to challenges that arise for young families, providing advocacy when needed.
- Provide a safe space for young parents to explore and develop safe and healthy relationships skills that will support relationships in all aspects of their lives. Working with a family holistically,to support meaning change intergenerationally.
- Support young parents to develop their identity as individuals and as parents, building their capacity and skills to support their children’s development.
- Support young families to build their own positive support network, engage in the community around them and develop positive help seeking behaviours.
- Deliver quality, accessible, and flexible services to participating families in accordance with the client’s strategic direction and values.
- Follow the directions of line management to ensure industry and quality standards are met
- Work with the Program Manager and stakeholders including the team’s critical friend to maintain model integrity and to facilitate evaluation of the team
To Be Successful:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and experience are essential
Knowledge and experience specific to the role - Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience in working with young parents (under 25) and/or young people.
- Demonstrated knowledge of both adolescent and childhood development and how to address family and household concerns.
- Demonstrated knowledge of – and a passionate interest in addressing – the underlying individual, family and societal issues impacting young parents’ caring for their children.
- Demonstrated experience in relation to supporting families experiencing family violence and child protection issues.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing an appropriate framework for assessment and intervention with families and children.
- Demonstrated experience in person centered, trauma informed service delivery.
- Experience in undertaking holistic person-centred strengths-based assessments and interventions in close cooperation with other professionals.
- Good written communication skills to write correspondence and prepare short reports.
- Demonstrated organisational skills to plan and prioritise work efficiently and effectively and manage competing demands and priorities.
- Refer to the level 4 competencies in the SCHADS Award
Additional Requirements:
- Work out of hours when required to respond to client needs (e.g., to assist with before and after school routine and engagement with weekend events)
- Current Queensland C Class drivers licence
- Current First Aid Certificate, or ability to obtain
- Current Positive Notice Blue Car
- Vaccinated against COVID-19
Salary and Benefits:
- $77,832 to $79,864 (Based on experience) + Super + Salary Packaging
- Supportive workplace culture.
- Ongoing Professional Development offered.
Closing date: Tuesday 4 October 2022 at 9am
Having a diverse workforce that represents the wider Australian community is very important in Community Services and ProCare Australia actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people, and all genders.
We recognise the richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and the unique knowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees bring to the workplace, policy development and programs. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
For more information on this opportunity, please contact our team
Find out more about positions available at www.procareaustralia.com.au