• Covering Blacktown, Baulkham Hills, Nepean, Hawkesbury & Blue Mountains LGA

• Temporary 12 Month Contract with possibility of extension: 30 Hours per Week
• Based in Penrith
• SCHADS Level 4 + Super + Salary Packaging + Generous Annual Training Package

Wesley Mission’s Community and Family Care teams build resilience and strengthen capacity in the local communities where we work. We support people using evidence-based, trauma-informed, person-centred approach in a holistic manner and on a voluntary basis.

The role is responsible for the administrative and intake needs of the Child, Youth & Family program and ensuring a positive first point of contact for clients. This will include managing a high load of referrals and ensuring they meet the program’s criteria, contacting clients and assessing their readiness to engage in the program, making referrals to other services and creating client profiles. You will also assist in the preparation and set up of community, team and group work events.

We are looking for an outstanding Intake Administration & Partnership Worker who is conscientious, reliable, and motivated about making a difference. As an Intake Administration & Partnership Worker within the Community and Family Support (CAFS) program you will providing community-based services with the goal of preventing children and young people from entering the child protection system.

All staff at Child, Youth & Family work hard to develop and maintain harmonious working relationships in an autonomous-supportive work environment where they are all trained to be the best in their field. Wesley Mission provides regular supervision, support, and training for all staff.

Essential Criteria

• Degree in Social Work, Social Science, Community Welfare & Psychology or equivalent.
• Experience in Community Services Sector
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of telephone assessment and referral services to individuals, families and communities with diverse and complex cultural, emotional and social needs.
• Experience in management of a reception/front office, including diary management, greeting clients and visitors and dealing with their enquires and any concerns, and answering phones.
• Experience with electronic client databases and the effective management of client information.
• Ability to exercise discretion/confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
• Cultural competence and experience working alongside Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people and First Nations families;
• Current NSW or National driver’s license and Working With Children’s Check
• Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and Code of Conduct.

Next Steps

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by the closing date.

If you have any questions please contact: [email protected] using the subject line: Intake Administration & Partnership Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Recruitment Process

1. A brief telephone conversation to confirm details of the role and arrange a telephone interview.
2. Telephone interview.
3. Online aptitude testing and a behavioural questionnaire.
4. Face-to-face interview.
5. Reference & probity checks.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and Worker code of conduct. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission (including provision of a valid Working with Children Check clearance number).

Wesley Child, Youth and Family team is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the communities we work within. Whilst not a requirement, we strongly encourage people from the following background/s to apply:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• People who Identify as LGBTQIA+
• People of colour (e.g. identifying as cultural, religious and/or ethnically diverse)

A position description is attached.