Benefits you will enjoy

• 30.4 hours working week
• Generous Salary Sacrifice Options
• 5 Weeks Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• 1 day Birthday Leave
• Professional Development and Study Leave
• Relocation Assistance up to $3000

Job Description

The service provides assessment, education, practical and family support to assist families’ in addressing child protection goals where the children are living in the home and risk factors have been identified, and where the children are living in out of home care and the family is working towards reunification.

The Family Intervention Worker (FIW) provides practical family support and case management to families involved in the child protection system and to assist them to appropriately care for and protect their children. Work collaboratively with families engaged within the Child Protection system to support family well-being, resilience and healthy family functioning through the delivery of individualised trauma informed therapeutic interventions.

Desired Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will have

• Relevant tertiary degree in Social Work, Psychology or Behavioural Sciences and eligibility for membership of a relevant professional association
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare documents for case planning or advocacy purposes.
• Experience in delivering evidence-based therapeutic counselling interventions to formulate therapy plans, set goals and facilitate a positive approach in working with individuals to achieve these goals within established time frames.
• A current:
  • Current open drivers licence.
  • Current, and ability to retain, both a Working with Children Blue Card check and Disability Worker Screening/Clearance/Card.
  • An ability to work in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders children and families and other CALD families.

Centacare North Queensland is a Child Safe and Equal Opportunities Employer. People from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. To be considered for a position, applicants must hold a current Blue Card, hold/be eligible for a Disability Worker Screening (Yellow Card), and have appropriate work rights in Australia.

COVID-19 VACCINATION: It is a condition of employment for all Centacare North Queensland positions for the employee to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be required prior to commencement.

A position description is attached.