The Functional Family Therapy – Child Wellbeing framework provides clinical therapeutic treatments within a child protection context, to address underlying causes of drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness and domestic violence that results in harm to children, young people and families. The aim is to achieve sustained behavioural change in families, reducing referral to out of home care and keeping families together. Program model adherence is crucial to the success of this program.

FaCS has selected this approach based on its international success with increasing children’s safety and keeping more families together. It’s proven to make a real difference to families within the statutory child protection system.

What will you do?

Your aim is to provide exceptional services to children and families so they can feel safe and secure.

Using your knowledge, you will also carry your own case load, working intensively with families to assess strengths, needs and identify goal aimed at improving family functioning and increasing the safety of children.

You will support clients to embed changes particularly behavioural changes and plan for potential challenges that families may face in the future. Critical to the success of the program will be documenting your activity to ensure we can measure the impact of the frameworks within the Australian market and shape future practice standards across the sector.

Terms: Maternity cover role based in Hurstville, NSW

Why this opportunity is right for you?

• Shape the future of family intervention and the people in them, to optimise outcomes for clients
• Packaged vehicle
• Salary packaging
• Fully mobile workforce
• Pool cars and novated lease vehicles available

What do you need to succeed?

As an experienced Social Worker you will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Welfare, Psychology, Counselling or related discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with at risk children, young people and/or families in a child protection or counselling role
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving, decision making and manage balancing priorities
• A clear understanding of child protection issues and the capacity to identify when the level of risk requires statutory child protection intervention
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data collection
• Excellent relationship building skills and experience engaging with reluctant clients
• Desire and confidence to learn new practices and immediately implement techniques with clients

Interested? Apply online today!

Contact Rachel on [email protected] using the subject line: Child & Family Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs for more details about the role.

We respect and promote human rights and diversity and are committed to building an inclusive culture. We welcome diversity in all its forms; applications from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged. We value relationships with our local Aboriginal community and welcome applications from its members.

We see ability not disability, if you identify as a person with a different ability please get in contact.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check or similar (where relevant to the role).

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