Family Group Conferencing Convenor

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Full time

THE ROLE
The Family Group Conference Convenor will play a critical role in supporting vulnerable families to make decisions and develop and implement plans about the care and safety of their children following involvement with the Child Protection program. The FGC convenor will also support families to strengthen their engagement with services. The establishment of this position is part of a Family Group Conference pilot funded by the Victorian Government which will operate in a number of sites across the state. The position will work closely with vulnerable families, service providers, other professionals and the broader child protection workforce to support best outcomes for vulnerable children. The position will require high level written and verbal communication skills, stakeholder engagement skills and an ability to effectively engage families and their broader social networks. The position will also be required to contribute to a variety of work priorities within the unit. This role may at times be required to operate outside normal office hours to effectively meet the needs of families and extended networks engaged in the conferencing process.

**Do you have a commitment to**:

- Empowering families through family-led decision-making?
- Experience in delivering services to children and families at risk of entering the child protection system
- Using interventions such as family mediation or family conferencing to support families to look after their children safely
- Partnering with specialist services to support families to achieve their goals?

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE
- Provide advice and professional expertise to key internal and external stakeholders in areas of responsibility including critical policy, and program development.
- Provide expertise and operational support to service delivery teams with practice consistency and quality assurance and facilitate access to appropriate specialist expertise.
- Contribute to service development, implementation and review of the FGC Conferencing Pilot and broader new initiatives and policy where relevant.

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COVID-19 VACCINATIONThe department strongly recommends (but does not mandate) that employees maintain their COVID-19 vaccination status in accordance with current ATAGI (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation) advice, given their individual circumstances. As of June 2023, DFFH does not require evidence of COVID-19 vaccination status.
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