Family Support Worker - Part Time
Job No:
S2895
Location:
Anglicare SQ - Mental Health & Family Wellbeing - Gympie, QLD
About the Position
Our Sunshine Coast Mental Health and Family Wellbeing team offer a range of support programs for individuals, couple and families. Our Early Years Family Hub supports all kinds of families and the challenges they may face including parenting and wellbeing. We are looking for a passionate, professional and productive, Family Support Worker to join our team on a part time basis, delivering a diverse range of supports within the Gympie region.
The purpose of the position is to provide assistance to individuals and families who are experiencing social, emotional and financial difficulties, to improve positive wellbeing by educating and supporting them and working towards enhancing their community connectedness.
The role of the Family Support Worker (Welfare Officer) is to ensure the best interest of the individual client is central at all times and they are referred through to the most appropriate internal or external service.
About You
Offering experience in the Community Services sector, and dedication to client-centred frameworks, our successful candidate will be confident with:
- Provide support to children, parents and families who are dealing with social, emotional and financial difficulties
- Offering group work, education and support to improve wellbeing and community connectedness
- Initial assessments, ongoing support and referral to relevant service providers
- Providing information and assistance to families to receive the best supports to suit their individual needs
- Regular travel throughout the region, which will include in-home sessions along with community events. There will be some evening/weekend work required
Your key skills and abilities will include:
- Exceptional communication in both written and verbal format; the ability to interact effectively with a variety of ages, cultures and backgrounds
- Ability to apply sensitivity, cultural awareness and an open-minded approach to personal matters
- Organisation and time management skills are essential in this fast-paced, diverse role. You will be experienced at working to deadlines.
- Experience in managing conflict and stressful situations in a professional and effective manner
- Commitment to human rights and social justice
Specific requirements and qualifications are:
- Certificate IV/Diploma in Child Care and Education, Home and Community Care, Disability Services or equivalent
- National Police Certificate
- A clean, open Queensland Drivers Licence
- A current Blue Card (Working with Children)
What we offer
- The opportunity to work with a supportive team of passionate and productive professionals
- Competitive salary and the ability to increase your take home pay with salary packaging options
- A chance to be part of one of Queensland’s most well respected and recognised non-profit organisations
- Initially a part time role, close to home in the Gympie area
Show Your Interest
Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working with an organisation that values your professional contribution and personal well-being.
People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage and strongly encouraged to apply.
To submit an application and to view a copy of the Position Description, click ‘Apply’ below or visit http://anglicaresq.org.au/career/ and refer to job number S2895
For further information please contact
Andre Beattie on 07 5482 9012
Applications close Sunday 18th June 2017
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.
About Us
Anglicare Southern Queensland is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support you need for the life you want in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout southeast Queensland.
For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare Southern Queensland is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.
We also offer a range of specialist services within indigenous, homeless, multicultural and rural and remote communities.
The work of Anglicare Southern Queensland stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches out to support to people of all ages with a variety of needs.
Anglicare Southern Queensland has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs all working towards a happier, healthier community.