Overview
Child & Family Case Worker | Intensive Family Support Service | Underwood
Employment Term: 12-month maximum term, Full-time (76 hours per fortnight). Location: Based in Underwood with outreach across Logan. Remuneration: $51p/hr + Super + $15,900 NFP Salary Packaging.
About UnitingCare
At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience, and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
As a Child & Family Case Worker you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
This is an identified position in line with UnitingCare’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Workforce Strategy which aims to increase the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in all areas of our organisation. For this position, it is an equal opportunity measure that applicants must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent as per section 105 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).
Your part in our UnitingCare team
The Intensive Family Support Service assists complex, vulnerable families who are at risk of entering the Child Protection system. We are a voluntary service who visits families in their homes approximately once a week for up to 12 months, enabling us to work together to keep children safe and achieve family goals.
The Child and Family Case Worker will lead case management with families to identify and prioritise their concerns.
In This Role You Will
- Provide a mix of therapeutic and in-home practical care to support complex, vulnerable and often hard to reach families.
- Actively engage, assess and develop collaborative case plans to ensure we are prioritising the families\' presenting concerns and preparing them to be referred to specialist support services.
- Have a genuine passion for helping people who are vulnerable with previous experience working with children and families who are at risk of or engaged under the child protection act.
What makes a difference for you?
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum.
- Access to a recognition and rewards platform with employee discounts at retailers, wellbeing programs and more
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave, including paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself and grow
- A positive, inclusive team with shared values and a commitment to serving others
We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
Joining our FaDS team, you’ll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We are a not-for-profit with many employees and volunteers across brands, committed to being child safe and inclusive for over 100 years.
Child safe, Child friendly Our organisation is committed to being Child Safe and Child Friendly and will provide welcoming, secure and nurturing services for children, prevent child abuse and neglect, and address any abuse or neglect immediately if it occurs.
Diversity & Inclusion Our approach is: everybody is welcome here. We are committed to equal opportunities for all employees regardless of sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity, and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.
Safe workplace We strive to keep children, young people and the elderly safe from harm and to foster safe, supportive workplaces and communities.
Seniorities & Employment
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Other
- Industries: Non-profit Organizations
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