Family Support Specialist

Family Support Specialist - Birthing in Our Community (BiOC)

ATSICHS Brisbane delivers health care and community services that are culturally safe and built around the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Brisbane and Logan regions. We are a community‑owned not‑for‑profit organisation, started over 50 years ago to improve health outcomes for our people, our way. Through offering wraparound services, we support the physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing of our people. We are working towards a future where our community thrives.

Learn more at www.atsichsbrisbane.org.au

About the Role

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The Birthing in Our Communities (BiOC) program provides a coordinated and culturally safe support system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families during pregnancy and childbirth. By offering a comprehensive mix of services tailored to family and community needs, we aim to build family capacity, strengthen community connections, and safeguard the wellbeing of children. At ATSICHS, through holistic case management, and collaboration with multiple service providers, BiOC empowers families to navigate challenges, develop essential life skills, and access therapeutic support to improve maternal and infant health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families. The program also engages with families involved in the child protection system, working to address safety concerns, facilitate reunification, and support positive outcomes for children and their families.

Duties

• Support families in crisis - by delivering targeting and brief interventions that build the individual client's ability to regulate and cope with stress and family pressures.
• Build strong relationships with clients through effective micro-counselling techniques (body language, voice tone, active listening) and delivering unconditional positive regard in removing shame or blame perceptions of client beliefs.
• Facilitate evidence-based and culturally appropriate health promotion and parenting education to BiOC mothers, families and FSW's - both individual and group settings as outlined by the manager.
• Deliver immediate safety assessment and safety responses, documented and approved by the Line Manager, in instances of domestic and family violence, self-harm/mental health, and child abuse.
• Facilitate ATSICHS ‘Narrative Assessment Tools’ completed in full by client ensuring the voices of clients are imbedded in their assessment. Facilitate conversations and introspection on all assessment domains.
• Ensure families are provided care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postnatal period, in collaboration with clients’ assigned midwives and appropriate care service providers. Ensure client is supported through the 3 stages of BiOC schedule of care - Antenatal Care, Postpartum Care and Infant Development.
• Ensureall children meet developmental milestones by facilitating family access to ATSICHS paediatric/Mums and Bubs medical services, including access to specialist allied health supports.
• Enrolment in Kindergarten and family participation in early years playgroups.
• Improvefamily health by coordinating to ATSICHS medical clinics for annual preventative health assessments.
• Improvefamily dental care by coordinating to ATSICHS dental clinics for annual preventative dental check-up.
• ReduceAOD substance misuse and domestic and family violence through access to coordinated specialist treatment services.

Culture

• Everything we do is driven by a deep connection to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• We’re united in our purpose to improve lives, strengthen families, and support our communities to thrive.
• We embrace innovation, new technologies, and evidence-based approaches to meet the evolving needs of our community.
• You’ll be supported by a welcoming culture where your voice is heard, your strengths are valued, and your wellbeing matters.
• We celebrate achievements, value collaboration, and make work an enjoyable and fulfilling place to be.
• Starting salary of $105,673 + 12% super.
• Permanent Full-Time role.
• Company laptop & mobile phone.
• Salary package up to $15,900 net and add Entertainment Benefits up to $2,649 every Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) year.
• Flexible rostering hours/9 day fortnight options available.
• Work for an organisation that values growth and innovation to provide culturally safe community and health care.
• You’ll be supported with training, access to learning and development opportunities (including LinkedIn Learning) as well as career progression pathways.
• Employee Assistance Program — access up to six free and c