In our Child and Family Intensive Support Service (CaFIS) in Wadeye, you'll join a passionate local team, providing critical support for families of children who may be at risk. This is an exciting contract opportunity, where you can use your skills and experience to make a difference.

Our cornerstone is our bicultural model, led by our local community family support staff along with the technical expertise provided by our on-site Family Support Specialists. Our focus is on bicultural participation; that in developing effective working partnerships it is a 'two-way street'. We are committed to co-working arrangements, where our local Aboriginal staff and non-Aboriginal practitioners share a caseload, offering a practice model that respectfully engages clients and provides peer support for the practitioners.

FIFO Opportunities available!

54 reasons is Australia's leading child rights organisation - no ordinary not-for-profit.

A place where your purpose matters. Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we're here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.

With the child's voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers, advocating with them so that children develop, learn, and are connected, safe and confident. Our people are proudly local, reflective of the communities we serve - in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities.

A place to make a difference

In this full-time contract opportunity (through to January 2025, with potential for extension), you'll collaborate with CaFIS team members to deliver family support services, where a child up to the age of 18 has been identified as experiencing or being at very high risk of experiencing neglect or has had contact with the child protection system. Based in Wadeye, you'll be part of our NT Programs team and report to the Team Leader.

You will make a difference by:

• Providing group and individual support to families from a child centred approach, promoting positive approaches to parenting
• Building strong, lasting connections with people from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds
• Supporting families to access the assistance they need, when they need it
• Actively encouraging vulnerable, detached or fearful families to engage with our programs
• Establishing relationships with the local community to mobilise and build capacity
• Collecting and recording data

A place to feel valued

You're an enthusiastic and committed support worker with demonstrated experience in working alongside families to achieve agreed outcomes. Your highly developed cultural awareness and empathy, partnered with excellent communication skills, will enable you to build community networks and lasting relationships. You're resilient, not afraid of a challenge, and comfortable working in remote and rural settings.

Bringing your best every day, means:

• Qualification in Counselling, Social Work or relevant field (minimum of a Cert IV)
• Previous experience in family support working with high-risk families
• Experience working with families from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds
• Ability to keep accurate records of work undertaken, including entering and maintaining information in an electronic database
• A current valid driver's licence
• Experience working in rural and remote communities would be preferable

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

A place to belong

54 reasons is proudly part of Save the Children Australia. We are a learning organisation that invests in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 1100 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Award rate salary (Level 5.1 - $49.28 per hour) plus full salary packaging benefits - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
• Accommodation opportunities available and/or potential to negotiate fly in fly out (FIFO)
• Potential relocation assistance may be available, if relocating
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Supportive Managers - we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career at Save
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

Sound interesting?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on one of the buttons in the 'Apply' section.

Position Description: Family Support Specialist - CaFIS Wadeye

For more information about this position, please contact Tricia Wake - Regional Manager at [email protected] using the subject line: Family Support Specialist - Wadeye enquiry via EthicalJobs. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.