A Permanent Part Time (36 hours a week) opportunity is available within our Functional Family Therapy Program where you can make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged or vulnerable young people.

About the Program:

Metro Sydney provides foster care , Functional Family Therapy – Child Welfare, Specialist Homelessness Services, Homelessness Youth Assistance Program, early intervention and case management services.  The program is based in Blacktown and operates across the FACS Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains Districts.  Services are funded through the FACS OOHC program, Specialist Homelessness Services, HYAP and Targeted Early Intervention program funding streams.

About the role:

The Carer Recruitment and Development Worker is responsible for the delivery of high quality carer recruitment, training, assessment, development and support services within a trauma informed practice framework.  The position is a member of the Foster and Kinship Care Team and the NSW Carer Recruitment and Development Team. 

You will have:

• A tertiary qualification in social work, community services, public relations, marketing or relevant field;
• Demonstrated skills and experience in carer recruitment, assessment, training, development and support; and/or experience in marketing, publicity or public relations
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, engage with people from diverse backgrounds and work in partnership;
• Demonstrated group work skills and the ability to deliver training packages e.g. Shared Stories, Shared Lives;
• Demonstrated carer assessment skills and experience using competency-based assessment tool e.g. Step by Step;
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of multi-disciplinary professional staff;

• High level of initiative; ability to plan, organise and prioritise work; develop and maintain work flow systems; and work to tight deadlines under pressure;
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills;
• Understanding of out-of-home-care policy, standards and quality frameworks;  
• Minimum of three years working in an administration support role
• A strong commitment to the purpose and values of MacKillop Family Services, the Sanctuary model and the Sanctuary commitments;
• Competence in Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Trained in 'Shared Stories, Shared Lives'
• Trained in 'Step by Step'

MacKillop promotes diversity and equal opportunity in employment and is committed to a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. MacKillop Family Services acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Elders in each of the communities where we work.

Click 'Apply now' where you will be redirected to the Carer and Development Worker vacancy within MacKillop's careers page. On this page please refer to the How to Apply section at the bottom, this will take you to our recruitment portal. 

Please make sure you address the selection criteria as outlined in the PD as part of your application. 

For more information, please contact Jasmine Perry on [email protected] using the subject line: Carer Recruitment and Development Worker - Blacktown enquiry via EthicalJobs.