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Key Information
* Position Type: Full time, fixed term until 30 June 2026
* Location: Darwin
* Salary Range: $86,905 to $95,515 pro rata per annum (Admin 5.1 to 5.4)
* Application Closing Date: 15 April 2025
About the Role
Guided by the Team Leader, the Family Practitioner will collaborate with the Family Support Worker to form trusted working relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Together, they will develop family support plans to inform interventions and services to enhance family functioning and capacity. The focus will be on keeping children safe and families together through a child-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed, and culturally affirming approach.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply.
What You Need to Succeed
Qualifications in related field – Child and Family, Community Services, Social Work, minimum certificate 3 and above or working towards
* 2 years of case management experience in similar field
* Well-developed knowledge of, and contemporary experience in, working with clients experiencing or at risk of experiencing FDV and relevant management strategies.
* Knowledge of the social determinants of health (environment, economic and social inequalities) that have a profound impact on the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
* Demonstrated ability to use culturally sensitive ways to ensure improved client access to DDHS and/or other health services.
* Proven teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to constructively negotiate outcomes with a diverse range of people and service providers.
* High level of personal resilience and flexibility with the ability to deal with challenging situations.
* Demonstrated computer skills, especially in the use of client information systems or similar.
Want to talk this job through some more? Give Project Lead – Family Domestic Violence Katryna Kennedy a call on 0429 302 596 or email: katryna.kennedy@ddhs.org.au
* 6-weeks annual leave per annum (pro-rata)
* 5 days paid leave during our end of year shutdown period (on top of annual leave).
* Salary packaging of up to $15,990 per annum.
Danila Dilba Health Service is committed to protecting the rights of children in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised we will conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.
To work with DDHS you must hold, or be willing to obtain, a current police check, a valid NT working with children’s card, a current CPR certificate and full vaccination against COVID-19, or an exemption as listed on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
Only those with full working rights will be considered for this position.
Employment with us is subject to:
* Willing to undergo a Police Check.
* Ability and willingness to obtain a Working with Children Clearance (Ochre Card).
* Current CPR certificate or the preparedness to gain one within 6 months of commencement.
* Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or an exemption as listed on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) be submitted.
* Full rights to work in Australia.
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