• Full-Time Child & Family Case Worker - Intensive Family Support Service
• Location: Underwood
• Remuneration: From $93k + 11% Super + $15,900 Not for Profit Salary Packaging

The Intensive Family Support Service is family focussed and child centred. We assist families who have complex needs and are at risk of entering the statutory Child Protection system.

We are a voluntary service who visits families in their homes once a week for up to 12 months, enabling us to work together to keep children safe and achieve family goals. We provide intensive, tailored case management to develop and achieve goals through a range of interventions including psychoeducation, advocacy, in-home parenting support and referrals. We respect people’s rights, values, beliefs and culture and recognise that families play a critical role in their children’s growth, development, learning and sense of belonging.

The Logan team is large and diverse, consisting of 17 Caseworkers to meet client need. In 2022 our team supported 300 families, including over 750 children. The program has a range of Specialists covering Domestic Family Violence, Family Support Worker, Intake, Culture, and Community Development who work together to support families in the non-statutory sector. The IFS team engage in supervision, practice reflections and professional development to build individual and team skills. If you would like to work in a diverse and dynamic team, and if Child Protection and Case Management fit your experience and interest we welcome your application.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide trauma informed case management in a fast paced, high volume work environment including documenting assessments, developing and actioning family case plans to address concerns that impact child safety and wellbeing.
2. Provide active co-ordination and lead case management to ensure families and / or individual family members, particularly children or young people, receive the right mix of services in a timely manner. These supports are inclusive, co-ordinated, collaborative, and aimed to support child safety and wellbeing.
3. Conduct risk assessments and safety planning, particularly where children are at risk of harm or when domestic family violence is occurring.
4. Build on parent and family knowledge, skills and supports to meet the needs of the child, optimising their development and ability to participate in family and community life.
5. Develop and maintain positive relationships with other service providers, Government Departments and Community Agencies to facilitate positive client outcomes.
6. Work in accordance with relevant Quality and Risk Frameworks, guidelines, and Acts.

What makes a difference for us?

To be successful in this role you must have:

• A tertiary qualification (minimum Bachelor Degree) in Social Work, Human Services, or Psychology

OR in a related discipline with substantial experience, knowledge and skills to perform the role.

• Current QLD working with children check (Blue Card).
• Current open QLD drivers licence.
• Eligibility to work in Australia.

Appointment to the role is subject to the following:

• Experience working with children, young people and families with complex needs.
• Experience working in child protection and case management.
• A sound knowledge and understanding of Domestic Family Violence and the impact on children.
• An understanding of First Nations peoples, cultures, and issues which impact them, and a commitment to culturally safe practice.
• A sound knowledge and understanding in Attachment Theory, Trauma-informed practice, and Child Development.

What makes a difference for you?

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our Family and Child Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.

Joining our Family and Child Services team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume with a covering letter that responds to the Position Description available by clicking Apply Now below.

We assess applications as they are received, so we encourage you to apply now.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.