AddressUniting is seeking a passionate and dedicated Family Worker for our Family Connect and Support (FCS) program.
About the role:
This is a full-time (70 hours per fortnight) closed period contact until September 2025, located in Oran Park NSW.
About the opportunity:
Uniting is seeking a passionate and dedicated Family Worker for our Family Connect and Support (FCS) program. The FCS program is a holistic, family-centred service designed for children, young people, and families experiencing or at risk of vulnerability. The program aims to provide timely support to prevent the escalation of issues, focusing on families with medium to high complexities that do not meet the threshold for statutory child protection intervention.
- Manage a caseload of approximately 20 families, providing tailored support through a tiered approach.
- Deliver evidence-based services, including information, advice, assessment, short-term casework, case planning, service coordination, and active holding.
- Engage with families through flexible and responsive methods such as home visits, community meetings, and phone calls.
- Ensure service delivery is compliant with FCS Program Specifications and Uniting policies.
- Promote Uniting’s reputation and actively contribute to a culture that values the voices and participation of children, young people, and families.
- Work collaboratively with the FCS Triage and Assessment team to facilitate seamless transitions for families.
- Maintain up-to-date client records and related administrative processes.
About You:
- Minimum Diploma in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Services or similar with relevant experience.
- Understanding of child protection issues and response in line with legislative requirements.
- Demonstrated experience working within a range of practice frameworks and theoretical models of intervention.
- Demonstrated ability to work with and identify the needs of CALD children, young people, their families and communities and work with interpreters where needed.
- Proficient in developing case plans that acknowledge and utilize the strengths of the client, their family and the community.
- Ability to work within clear objectives in the coordination of short-term case work.
- Current NSW Driver’s License
- Current NSW WWCC
Benefits and culture:
Working to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice brings its own rewards, but there’s more.
- Welcoming you exactly as you are
- Base annual salary of $76,938.00
- Access to generous salary packaging options
- Wellbeing programs – fitness passport
- Access to Uniting’s URewards program
- Career development opportunities
- Amazing workplace culture
Should you have any questions, please contact Belinda Condon from Uniting's Talent Acquisition Team at *******@uniting.org
Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks.
Closing date: 11:55pm, Sunday 23rd June 2024
