Family Support Worker - Rockhampton

• Make a genuine difference in the lives of other people in your local community
• Permanent, Full-time position, 76 hours per fortnight
• $40 per hour plus salary sacrificing benefits to increase your take-home pay
• Enjoy a supportive work-life balance, ongoing training and development opportunities, and a range of employee benefits

About CatholicCare Central Queensland

CatholicCare Central Queensland is a leading community service provider with offices across Central Queensland. Specialising in the delivery of a wide range of quality social services including aged care, disability care, counselling, psychology, family relationship support and mediation and domestic and family violence response, we offer diverse and rewarding careers in busy and dynamic environments.

About the Role

As part of a program funded by the Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, for Families, the Secondary Family Support Worker provides a range of interventions to families and children experiencing vulnerability. These interventions aim to identify, report and reduce harm or risk of harm, prevent crises or problems from arising or escalating and stabilise or maintain the family’s wellbeing.

Key aspects of the role include:

• To strengthen the capability and capacity of families with children and young people who find themselves in vulnerable circumstances.
• Case management model used to build capability and capacity in families to respond to crisis.
• Strengthen the caring and parenting capability and capacity of caregivers.
• Strengthen the capability and capacity of the families that you are working with to re-engage with their community.
• Provide education to build parents or carers capability and capacity to build stronger relationships between child and carers.
• Ensure services are provided in accordance with relevant funding guidelines.
• Participate in local networking of government and non-government agencies, such as Local Level Alliance meetings, relevant inter-agency meetings.

Qualifications and Experience

• Preferred: Diploma in social, community or human services; OR demonstrated relevant experience attained through previous appointments, services and/or study of an equivalent level of expertise.
• Preferred: Case management experience and case note writing.
• Current C class Driver’s license (QLD).
• Ability to obtain and maintain relevant security clearances (Positive Notice

In addition to the above, you will need to demonstrate:

• Ability to provide appropriate intake, support, information, referral and case management for clients.
• Ability to manage conflict that is solution focused and client centered.
• Ability to ensure data entry and program reporting is completed as per funding agreements and CatholicCare’s requirements.
• Ability to work within legal limitations around the right to confidentiality and privacy.
• Demonstrate strong cultural capability for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Proficient digital literacy to support accurate documentation within CatholicCare’s chosen data management system CSnet.

The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate entitlement to work in Australia, and to disclose any pre-existing injury or disease which may be adversely affected by undertaking the inherent requirements of the position.

All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant screening and background checks, including an Australian Federal Police check, an NDIS disability worker screening check, and attainment of a Blue Card for working with children, prior to commencement.

What to Do Next

To apply for this position, please submit the following documents:

• A cover letter clearly addressing the key aspects and requirements of the role; and
• Your current resume

Apply today for a career that changes lives.