Our Early Years Centres are community hubs offering child health services, family support and early childhood education whilst focusing on early intervention and prevention to ultimately empower children and families.

About this role

As a Child & Family Practitioner, you will manage a client caseload referred by government and non-government organisations as well as self-referrals from families. You will work in partnership with families to assess strengths, needs and risks, develop, implement and periodically review case plans as well as make referrals that successfully link families to appropriate networks with an emphasis on building resilience and promoting stronger attachments.

Terms: Part time permanent position based across our 5 sites on the Gold Coast where you will have plenty of opportunity to work autonomously while ensuring that our services are effective, culturally appropriate and maximise great outcomes for children and their families.

Who’s the team?

We are a team of Child Development Specialists, Child & Family Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, Workplace Trainers and Team Leaders with a supportive Manager and regional Practice Support Manager.

We are committed to high quality work, very welcoming and believe with the right support every parent has potential to make lasting life changes.

What you need to succeed?

You will have a tertiary (degree) qualification in Social Work, Welfare or Psychology or related discipline and:

• Demonstrated experience in working with high risk children and families involved in the Child Protection system, including the application of high quality practical and therapeutic intervention and casework skills
• High level of interpersonal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with families from a range of diverse backgrounds, government departments, non-government sector and related service providers
• High level understanding of preventative and early intervention approaches in child and family support; including demonstrated experience in partnering with parents in the development of family plans which are outcome driven and needs met.
• Effective assessment skills, case management skills and knowledge and experience in therapeutic interventions
• Current driver’s license and a valid Blue Card.

Some of the benefits we offer

• We support you to work flexibly; from home, other hubs or with flexible hours
• We set you up for success with a buddy, structured orientation & mobile tools
• Above award rates (Enterprise Agreement) & offer salary packaging which reduces the amount of tax you pay

Interested? Apply online today!

Call Shannon Williams on 0413 097 025 to discuss the role in more detail. 

TBS is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities and people we support and advocate for. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people of all ages, identity and abilities. We pride ourselves on being a client and child safe organisation and as such all our staff and volunteers go through security screening relevant to the role.

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