Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 8th Jan 2021
Family and Child Connect is a Queensland Government funded initiative aimed at ensuring vulnerable families and children have access to high-quality services at the right time to help them to maintain the family unit. Family and Child Connect is a community based intake and referral service, established across Queensland to support families who are at risk of entering or re-entering the child protection system and to help families to care for and protect their children at home.
Our Family and Child Connect program has an exciting opportunity for 2 motivated professionals to join our team covering the Beenleigh/Bayside catchment, office located in Cleveland.
The role will provide quality service delivery to children, young people, families and the community within the Family and Child Connect Service, through assessment, information and advice, recommendations and referrals to appropriate support services. You will engage with referrers and families, complete initial assessments over the phone and in client homes to support at risk families to access appropriate supports to improve family functioning and child wellbeing.
We are a multidisciplinary team with a supportive Team Leader and Manager
We are committed to high quality work and believe with the right support every parent has potential to make lasting life changes.
As an experienced Social Worker, Psychologist, Case Worker or Case Manager you will have:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Internally this position is called Child and Family Practitioner.
If you require additional information, please call Crystal Wheeler on 3505 1800.
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).