Targeted Earlier Intervention Program

• permanent full-time position (38 hours per week)
• based in Penrith, NSW and working across Blacktown and Mt Druitt area
• generous salary packaging and assigned motor vehicle available.

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Vision is “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

About the program

Wesley Mission’s Community and Family Care teams build resilience and strengthen capacity in the local communities where we work. We support people using trauma-informed person-centred approach in a holistic manner and on a voluntary basis.

About the role

The Youth and Family Worker will provide services through referral, education, specialist casework and group work interventions to young people in the Blacktown and Mt Druitt area.

We are looking for an outstanding Youth and Family Worker who is conscientious, reliable, and motivated about making a difference. As a Youth and Family Worker within the Targeted Earlier Intervention program you will providing community-based services with children and their families with the goal of strengthening attachment and relationships within families and communities.

All staff at Child & Family work hard to develop and maintain harmonious working relationships in an autonomous-supportive work environment where they are all trained to be the best in their field. Wesley Mission provides regular supervision, support, and training for all staff.

Essential Criteria

• a relevant degree and minimum 2 years’ experience working in the community welfare system
• strengths based case management experience with the ability to engage families at the point of initial contact and build collaborative working relationships
• experience developing case summaries & child protection reports
• ability to work one-on-one with clients in a holistic and flexible manner
• experience of facilitating groups and community events to young people and community
• ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with related stakeholder groups
• cultural competence and experience working alongside culturally and linguistically diverse people and First Nations families, understanding the impacts of colonalisation and systemic injustice
• ability to meet KPIs
• ability to work some evenings, attend on Country learning which will be overnight and some weekends for one-off events
• current NSW or National Driver’s Licence & Working With Children’s Check.

Desirable Criteria

• a broad understanding of the local child and family support sector.
• experience in developing and facilitating groupwork.

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with SCHADS Level 5 plus super. An assigned motor vehicle will be applicable to this role. Generous salary packaging, training budget, external supervision and applicable allowances available.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and Worker code of conduct. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission (including provision of a valid Working with Children Check clearance number).

Wesley Child and Family team is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the communities we work within. Whilst not a requirement, we strongly encourage people from the following background/s to apply:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• people who Identify as LGBTQIA+
• people of colour (e.g. identifying as cultural, religious and/or ethnically diverse).

Please find an Application Pack, including Position Description here: Youth and Family Caseworker | Blacktown and Mt Druitt | Wesley Mission.

A position description is also attached.