Key Details

• Employment Type: Part-time (0.6-0.8 FTE), 3-4 days per week
• Salary: SACS Award Level 4
• Reports to: Team Leader
• Location: Midland

We’re looking for an Advocate to support parents and families navigating the child protection system – ensuring their voices are heard, their rights are understood, and they are supported through complex and often overwhelming processes.

Working as part of a small, supportive team, you will provide independent, trauma-informed advocacy, information and practical support to birth parents and family members from diverse communities.

Key responsibilities

• Undertake intake, triage and advocacy support
• Support parents through meetings, case planning and decision-making processes
• Manage an outcomes-focused caseload, supporting families to achieve their goals while enabling timely access to support for new referrals
• Provide outreach support, including phone and video support for regional families
• Maintain accurate and timely case notes, data entry and client records
• Contribute to resources, workshops, training and continuous practice improvement

About you

You will bring:

• Relevant qualification (e.g. Social Work, Psychology, Human Services) or substantial relevant experience
• Experience supporting families or individuals navigating complex systems (e.g. child protection, justice, housing or health)
• Understanding of the child protection system and its impacts on families
• Ability to work respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and ACCOs
• Ability to work respectfully with individuals and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Strong communication, organisation and documentation skills
• Commitment to trauma-informed, culturally safe and strengths-based practice

Desirable

• Experience in advocacy, group work, training or community education
• Experience or lived experience navigating child protection systems from a parent or family members perspective
• Experience or lived experience engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families and communities
• Experience or lived experience supporting parents or caregivers living with disability, including intellectual or psychosocial disability

Requirements

• Valid driver’s licence
• Roadworthy insured vehicle for work-related travel
• National Police Clearance and Working with Children Check (or willing to obtain)

About Us

Family Inclusion Network of Western Australia (Fin WA) works to ensure parents and families are treated with dignity, respect and fairness within the child protection system.

We provide independent advocacy and sector education, partnering with families, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and community services to promote culturally safe, trauma-informed and inclusive practice.

What We Offer

• A newly created role with scope to shape practice and systems
• A small, collaborative and supportive team environment
• Flexible and family-friendly workplace practices
• Meaningful work contributing to positive systems change
• NFP Salary Packaging benefits

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with lived experience, and people from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

To have a confidential discussion, please contact

• Steve Hamam (Team Leader)
• [email protected] using the subject line: Advocate enquiry via EthicalJobs
• 0401 756 819

A position description is attached.