• Part-time contract role until December 2024 based in Loganholme
• $79k - $99k pro rata inc. Super + Salary Packaging
• Flexible Friendly organisation, Hybrid work options available!

Our Organisation

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.

As part of The Benevolent Society vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

About the role

Our Intensive Family Support program offers voluntary in home family support to families who are at risk of entering or re – entering the Child Protection System. Through case management and effective relationship building, we aim to strengthen families so children can live at home safely, free from abuse and neglect.

As a Case Manager (Identified), you will hold a reduced caseload with the view of providing intensive support to at risk families, holding a caseload comprised of identified families where possible, to help them make positive choices in their parenting. Using your practice framework as well as Structured Decision Making tools, you will undertake an initial assessment of a family’s strengths and needs, and develop case plans that build on the family’s resilience to enable them to overcome risks and increase the family’s functioning.

Another key function of this role will be your contribution to community development, improving connection with services and outcomes for First Nations People. Your role will also include utilising your cultural wisdom to ensure effective, responsible and appropriate services are being provided to our First Nations families.

Duties

• Provide cultural consultation throughout the case management continuum to our First Nations families that are being supported by our non-identified practitioners through a variety of opportunities in intake, home visits and case review processes
• Attend relevant community network meetings to continue our relationships within Yugambeh, Yuggera and Quandamooka lands as well as identify opportunities for increased community connection
• Engage with the team and leadership team regularly to ensure our service is providing effective, appropriate and culturally responsive support
• Review of all new referrals and provide advice/recommendations during allocation meeting
• Provide advice/recommendations directly to intake worker prior to allocation meeting if unavailable to attend.
• Attend cold calls for Identified families at intake stage
• Attend initial home visit for all Identified families allocated to non-Identified CFPs
• Participate in CAPs for Identified families as required
• Participate in key decision-making stages for Identified families as required
• Provide cultural consultations for Identified clients in adjacent programs as required.
• Attend relevant community network meetings, promote the Intensive Family Support Program within the community and relevant agencies, identify opportunities for increased community connection and support for Identified families.
• Create and maintain a calendar of special events for Indigenous families and collaborate with IFS team leaders to plan events
• Participate relevant working groups and in quarterly meetings with IFS leadership team to continue to review role, requirements and provide a cultural lenses for the service as a whole.

Our Benefits

We support people of all cultures to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

• Salary Benefits - You can package up to $15,900 pa of you pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay!
• Motor Vehicle Packaging Options – to suit your lifestyle.
• Work/Life Balance - Flexible work arrangements including part time hours, hybrid home/office work arrangements, 1 accrued day off a month for full time employees.
• Recognition and Reward – Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years
• Wellness - Fitness passport + Employee Assistance Program + opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Professional development – We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth
• Our Reconciliation Commitment – a First Nations employees are entitled up to 10 days of unpaid leave for ceremonial purposes, as well as the option to be a voice on our RAP working group, and have the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.

Skills and Experience

We want you to be successful in your new role! This means you’ll have a at least a Diploma and:

• Two years relevant experience (desirable but not essential)
• Excellent understanding of child protection issues and client vulnerabilities such as drug and alcohol use, domestic violence, mental health issues, and the impact of trauma and the effect on childhood behaviour and development
• Experience managing complex cases & working with children, young people and their families who are either at risk of entering or who have had involvement with the child protection system
• Working in a strengths based resilience framework to achieve lasting change
• A Current Blue Card, NDIS Check, Police Check (or willingness to apply)
• A Current Drivers’ Licence

This is an Identified position. The Benevolent Society considers that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act QLD 1991.

Apply Now!

To apply, please click the APPLY NOW button, submit your current CV and 1-page cover letter outlining your reasons for applying and suitability for the role.

Have any questions? Contact Nikki Betts on 0408 741 515 for a friendly, confidential discussion.

Internally this role is called a Child & Family Practitioner.

The artwork above is by Jasmine Sarin, a proud Kamilaroi and Jerrinja woman from NSW, who grew up on the South Coast in Jerrinja and Yuin country (Nowra) and Dharawal country (Wollongong).

The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity and is committed to building an inclusive culture. We welcome diversity in all its forms; applications from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged. We value relationships with our local Aboriginal community and welcome applications from its members. We see ability not disability, if you identify as a person with a different ability, please get in contact to let us know how we can accommodate your needs. 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.

Child & Family Practitioner (Identified) Position Profile.