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Youth & Family Practitioner - Bendigo

Anglicare Victoria
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  • Join a community focused organisation with strong values and collaborative approach
  • Contribute to outcomes across 2 established youth programs in a 12 month contract role based out of Bendigo

About Us:

At Anglicare Victoria our focus is on transforming the futures of children and young people, families and adults. Our work is based on three guiding pillars, Prevent, Protect, Empower. We offer a comprehensive network of services and seek to ensure the provision of high quality services that will bring about significant improvements in the life experience of the young people, children and families/caregivers with whom we work.

Anglicare Victoria are the state’s largest provider of Out Of Home Care services and, with the support of a large network of passionate and dedicated staff, provide safe and nurturing homes to young people from a variety of backgrounds. We strive to create an environment where employees feel valued and rewarded, making Anglicare Victoria a great place to work.

The Position:

This position will be part of our Youth Services team which consists of a number of specialist programs, from Homelessness to early intervention and educational services, all designed to help engage young people and ensure their long term safety, stability and overall wellbeing. This role is to work specifically across 2 of the programs, Finding Solutions and Placement Intervention Family Support with the overall aims being to promote positive behaviours and work with both families and young people to identify issues that are putting relationships at risk.

The Finding Solutions and Placement Intervention Family Support service aims to:

  • Divert a significant proportion of young people at risk of entering out-of-home care to community-based services, and / or work towards reunification and preservation.
  • Provide a creative service response to young people and their families which may include the use of crisis intervention, early intervention, mediation intervention and linkages to community, which supports and strengthens the family relationship
  • Provide support to parents and young people that assists them to identify and resolve behaviours and /or issues that are placing their relationship at risk of breakdown.

To Be Successful in this Position You Will Need:

  • A tertiary qualification in related field such as Social Work/Welfare or related field with substantial experience working with young people.
  • Demonstrated resilience and understanding to work with and build rapid engagement to support clients who have been exposed to trauma, violence or neglect.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with high needs complex families, by utilising a youth focused, family centred approach, and experience in parenting educational program approaches.
  • Demonstrated experience in being able to provide a range of service interventions to young people and their families that include case management, mediation, advocacy, safety planning and linkages to other services.
  • Well-developed written skills including case notes and report writing, using a range of electronic data systems.
  • Effectively build and maintain relationships and work with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Victorian Drivers Licence, a Working with Children Check and complete a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

A Detailed Position Description is available here: Download File Youth & Family Worker - Finding Solutions -PIFS - Youth Services - Bendigo - Part-Time Fixed Term - Jan2020.pdf

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.

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