Family Time Facilitator and Mentor

7 months ago


Blacktown, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time

Provide supervised Birth family contact to children and young people in out of home care with opportunities to maintain and develop relationships with their Birth family in a safe, supportive environment under the supervision of trained staff.**About the role**:
The position provides supervised Birth family contact to children and young people in out of home care with opportunities to maintain and develop relationships with their Birth family in a safe, supportive environment under the supervision of trained staff. The Family time facilitator and Mentor is responsible for planning, supervising and reporting on contact visits.

We currently have one **Part time **position - 4 days per week 60.8 hours per fortnight (Days are flexible) and one **Casua**l position available based in Blacktown, NSW within our Permanency Support Program and reports to the Senior Contact Worker.

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- A diploma in a child-related field
- Demonstrated experience in supervised contact, out of home care, children’s services, youth work or a related field;
- Demonstrated understanding of child and adolescent development, the impact of trauma, and the indicators of child abuse;
- Ability to manage challenging behaviour; and prevent and/or de-escalate crises;For a full listing please view the Position Description at the bottom of this page.

For Seek applicants, the Position Description will be available when you click 'apply'

**For more information, please contact**:
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Our offer:_**
- _ Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)_
- _ Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training_
- _ Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges_
- _ Click _HERE_ to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees._

**You must have a**:

- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

**Our Commitment**:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.



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