Child And Family Worker

Join us on our journey to create a genuine impact for the community and beyond.

3Bridges Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing
• Workforce wellbeing support provider
• Career development & progression support
• Employee referral and milestone reward programs
• Complimentary annual flu vaccinations
• Discounted OSHC services and gym memberships

About 3Bridges

We strive to give back - together.

3Bridges is a Registered Charity and a Not-for-Profit organisation with over 40 years of combined experience in partnering with local communities, and empowering individuals to live their best life, regardless of age, location, disability, or ethnicity. The diversity of our services and programs provide 3Bridges with unique opportunities to connect with the community, in a meaningful and substantial way.

About the role

An exciting early-intervention position within the Student Wellbeing and Education Program (S.WE.E.P.), the Child and Family Worker will aim to support the voices and needs of young people to navigate wellbeing challenges in primary school and out-of-school-hours education environments. The purpose of this position is to ensure students’ well-being, attendance, behaviour, and emotional and social development are supported to help them actively engage in their education.

The Child and Family Worker will have a focus on early intervention and will have to build relationships with students, school staff, parents(s) or care giver(s), out-of-school-hours educator staff and the community to help students prepare themselves to make a positive contribution to society, their school community, and in their adult life.

Key components of this role are to provide evidence-based support to targeted young people/ students 5-12, through 1-2-1 support, goal setting, family case work, targeted program delivery to improve wellbeing, whole-school approaches to support holistic wellbeing and engagement, provide opportunities for connection to the local community, other services and parents, and increase engagement of students with education and positive social relationships.

The role requires exceptional planning skills and the ability to effectively facilitate group programs. The position requires cultural sensitivity, strengths-based focus and upmost confidentiality with a willingness to go outside ones comfort zone to enable a better outcome for the young people attending the school.

• Provide evidence-based and targeted individual support
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate targeted early intervention programs
• Develop wellbeing strategies and programs relevant to the school and out-of-school-hours education context
• Support engagement with education and learning, with a focus on addressing wellbeing needs
• Engage in case work when working with young people and/or their families are experiencing complex challenges
• Involve teachers, parents, carers and other relevant stakeholders in supporting young people
• Work within a school’s system to effectively enhance wellbeing-for-education servicing
• Staff the Youth Zone drop-in center and out-of-hours education spaces as provided, to continue targeted intervention support
• Taking and maintaining accurate and timely case notes, relevant assessments, curriculum alignments and other documentation required in case/support planning and delivery
• Ensuring data required for membership, program delivery and feedback is completed and filled out
• Provide periodical reports to 3Bridges and the school regarding the program’s outcomes

About You

• Minimum Certificate IV in Youth Work or Equivalent Qualification
• Minimum 1 year’s experience working with Children and Young People with complex needs, specifically 5-12 years of age.
• Experience in delivering targeted programs to young people and with strength in managing social issues/anxiety.
• Demonstrated understanding of, and respect for, people from multicultural communities, people with a disability diverse families, LGBTQIA+ communities, and those living with complex mental health conditions
• Experience working with families in a child-centric way
• Experience in child protection, mental health interventions or family case work high desirable
• Ability to work in challenging situations and manage competing priorities

What it means to work at 3Bridges?

Our culture has been formed with a community spirit and passion to give back. 3Bridges aims to inspire and encourage our people to be the best they can be, through ongoing training, career opportunities and success as a valued team member.

3Bridges Community is committed to enabling a culture of inclusion and diversity, and to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all. The people we work with and provide support to, come from all walks of life and so do we. We welcome your unique contributions through your experiences, culture, opinions, ethnicity, gender identity and all that makes you an individual.

The successful candidate will require National Police clearance prior to appointment (completed by 3Bridges), valid NSW Working With Children Check clearance and Current NSW drivers’ licence.

For more information, or if you would like to have a confidential discussion, please do not hesitate to reach out to ******@3bridges.org.au