Practitioner - Families, Children & Young People

3 months ago

Launceston, Australia Anglicare Tasmania Full time

**Practitioner - Families, Children & Young People****:

- Community Services | Launceston
- Closing date: 13/10/2024

Permanent, part-time position (60.8 hours fortnightly) in Launceston

**About us**:
Anglicare Tasmania is a not-for-profit organisation providing a wide range of services to the people of Tasmania. We are part of the national Anglicare Australia network of organisations. Anglicare advocates for social justice and aids people in times of need. We provide programs relating to ageing and disability, health, housing, families, drug and alcohol treatment and support and more.

**About the role**:
This role provides professional and exceptional community support services to clientele accessing our Supported Youth Program (SYP) within our Families, Children and Young People services provided by Anglicare in line with Anglicare’s Practice Principles and Framework of Practice. SYP provides therapeutic outreach case management to young people aged 10 - 18 who have experienced complex trauma and would benefit from support across their life domains.

**The successful applicant will**:

- facilitate assessments and planning processes with people accessing our services by identifying their personal barriers and support needs to develop meaningful ways to overcome those barriers;
- in collaboration with people accessing our services, develop a service plan to guide the intentional support to be provided, providing regular intentional support based on service plan and identified support needs, review service plans and support needs regularly and revise plan accordingly;
- provide support and information for people facing various life adversities, including, but not limited to; mental wellbeing, housing, alcohol and other drug issues, financial hardship, training and skills development, family relationships and parenting skills;
- have excellent client management skills including the ability to work with clients in a trauma informed approach;
- Relevant tertiary qualifications (Education, Psychology, Social work, Nursing and Allied Health) or extensive experience and qualifications (Diploma of Community Services) deemed equivalent and/or clearly demonstrated experience in Community Services.

**Joining the team at Anglicare Tasmania means**:

- Becoming part of a well-established and respected, values driven organisation;
- Competitive remuneration and salary packaging;
- Access to training and development opportunities and clinical supervision.

**What we are looking for in an applicant**:

- An understanding of the processes people utilise to overcome adversity/distress arising from life challenges.
- Demonstrated experience in individual and couples counselling.
- Demonstrated case management skills and ability to work effectively with clients, family members and service providers to identify solutions.
- An ability to recognise and understand people’s intrinsic resourcefulness.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly with individuals and their families/carers who may be experiencing significant distress.
- People who reflect our values of Respect, Compassion, Hope and Justice.

**Successful applicants must be willing to**:

- present an unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable people type National Police Check (no older than 12 months);
- provide an International Police Check if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia after the age of 16;
- undertake a satisfactory Anglicare assessed medical:

- provide a current provisional or full Australian Driver Licence.

The Position Description can be found below.

For further information on our Recruitment processes please visit our website.

On commencement the successful applicant will be required to undertake our structured Safeguarding Children Training program.

**APPLICATIONS CLOSE: SUNDAY, 13th OCTOBER 2024, at 6.00pm.**

PLEASE NOTE: Other vacancies that may arise in the near future may also be filled from this selection process.

**About Anglicare Tasmania**

Anglicare Tasmania is committed to providing an inclusive and respectful work environment where all people are valued and have equal access to opportunities to reach their full potential.

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