60 – 75 hours per fortnight, continuing position. Based at Ballarat About the role The Family Wellbeing Support Practitioner will provide intensive, long-term, early intervention support for children, young people, and their families; short-term immediate assistance for children, young people and their families; and community outreach, mental health education, community development activities, and therapeutic group-based programs.
The position requires the capacity to work flexibly outside of core business hours to support the work with children, young people and their families, including outreach and outpost travel.
Specifically, the position is responsible for: Providing active and assertive in-home or community-based support to the child or young person and their family/carer and facilitate their engagement with, and access to services. Completing a needs assessment of child or young person and their family or carer. Provision of community outreach, mental health education and community development activities to promote mental health and wellbeing for children and young people. Maintaining client data and information as required by legislation and funding body requirements. To be considered for this position, applicants require: Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Welfare or other relevant tertiary study. Demonstrated experience in service coordination and the application of case management principles and practice, including experience and understanding of risk and needs assessment frameworks and applications. Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of psycho-educational group work for children and adults and peer social activities, within current research-based industry accredited frameworks. Contact Sue Grant
Team Leader, Mental Health and Wellbeing
Please submit the form to apply for the role. When applying please include:
your current resume responses to the position's key requirements, if applying for management positions only three professional referees Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview. Psychometric and other assessments may also be required.
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