Family Intervention Workers
Job No:
64012
Location:
Normanton, Qld
- Join a highly respected team dedicated to supporting children and families!
- Attractive salary $49,927 - $55,600 + salary sacrifice options!
- Outstanding benefits including: Subsidised Accomodation, Relocation Costs, Remote Allowance, 5 weeks Annual Leave and more!
- Leave work every day knowing you have made a difference to someone's life!
- Graduates encouraged to apply!
About the Organisation
Centacare is a not-for-profit service that reaches out to individuals and families seeking assistance. The organisation offers a range of professional counselling, support and related services, in partnership with the community and governments.
Centacare is an organisation with a strong inclusive community focus. This focus ensures that the organisation is one in which everyone is able to access services regardless of their cultural, linguistic, religious or physical needs. Centacare covers a large area of North Queensland, encompassing communities of diverse cultural backgrounds with a variety of support needs. It is Centacare's challenge to engage and deliver effective services in these communities.
About Normanton
Normanton is a delightful town with an excess of old world charm. Located 681 km west of Cairns and approx. 785 km west of Townsville, it started life as a port for the Gulf of Carpentaria's cattle industry and grew in importance with the discovery of gold at Croydon in 1885. Just south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the banks of the Norman River, Normanton has a population of 1,100, 60% of whom are Indigenous Australians.
Normanton has an airport, school (to Year 10), sports centre, golf course, bowling green, gun club, racecourse, rodeo ground and an aerodrome, as well as a public library and visitor information service located in the historic Burns Philp Building.
About the Opportunity
Centacare has an excellent opportunity for a full time Counsellor/Family Intervention Worker to join their team in Normanton.
In this highly rewarding role, it will be your responsibility to provide case management, strategies and practical family support to children and families who are currently involved in the Child Protection System, working across both - the Family Intervention Program and Family Remote Area Support Services Program.
Some of your key responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
- Supporting clients to put their learnings into practice with their families, including assisting families to strengthen parenting capacity and providing an appropriate modelling of parenting and household skills;
- Providing supportive supervised contact between parents and their child/ren, as outlined in the Intervention Plan;
- Coordinating referrals to and information on specialised services available within the community;
- Preparing reports and maintaining files in accordance with program needs and agency procedures; and
- Complying with legislative, service agreement and Quality Management System requirements.
Centacare is seeking candidates who hold a tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Services or Behavioural Sciences, or substantial experience (at least 3 years) in working with families in a crisis setting. You will need practical knowledge of household and child case work/management approaches and theoretical frameworks for practice. Additionally, you will need knowledge and understanding of family functioning in a broad range of cultural and social contexts, with knowledge of the impact of abuse and dysfunction within families.
The successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a broad based range of service providers and culturally diverse clientele, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. Your skills in written and verbal communication, including your ability to write clear and concise reports for a range of audiences, will be highly developed, and you will have the ability to work effectively both autonomously and in a team environment.
The ideal applicants will have strong organisational, time management and administrative skills, coupled with the ability to lead effectively. The demonstrated ability to undertake risk assessments relating to family functioning and risk within the household is also essential. Knowledge, skills and experience in one or more of group work, community education, training and indigenous services is highly desirable.
You will be required to hold a current C class driver's licence, and be willing to obtain a Positive Notice for Child Related Employment (Blue Card and a Yellow Card exemption).
About the Benefits
This is a diverse and highly rewarding role that will provide you with a comfortable work/life balance through flexible working hours, as well as the support of your colleagues and managers.
An attractive salary $49,927 - $55,600 is on offer, dependent on experience and qualifications, as well as a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Salary sacrificing;
- Subsidised accomodation;
- Relocation costs up to $4000;
- Remote allowance of $8000 per annum;
- 5 weeks annual leave and 76 hours study leave (after 12 months);
- Consultative rostering and flexible working hours; and
- Maternity Leave / Paternity Leave.
You will also enjoy ongoing training plus career advancement and professional development opportunities in an organisation that aims to promote from within.