Foster Care Recruitment Specialist

3 days ago


Townsville City Center, Queensland, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

At Life Without Barriers, our mission is to empower individuals and families to overcome adversity and thrive. As a Carer Assessor, Recruitment and Engagement Coordinator, you will play a critical role in facilitating the recruitment and assessment process of carers who provide vital support to children and young people.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that the assessment process is undertaken in accordance with our organisation's standards and procedures. You will be responsible for responding to enquiries from prospective carers, maintaining contact during the consideration phase, and conducting initial phone interviews. Your expertise will also extend to supporting and guiding carers through required training and delivering training modules as needed.

This is a Full-Time 12-month max term position based at our office in Garbutt, with a Tool of Trade vehicle (including fuel card) allocated to the successful candidate. Flexible work arrangements are available.

Key Responsibilities
  • Complete an agreed number of carer assessments per year as per the needs of the local carer recruitment plan.
  • Schedule and attend home visits and other meetings with carer applicants, their families and referees for the purposes of completing carer assessments.
  • Recruit Foster Carers to Life Without Barriers from the general community in line with approved carer recruitment strategies, including through advertisements, other media outlets and evening carer information sessions.
  • Identify any training requirements, safety concerns or placement issues throughout the assessment process and provide feedback and suggested solutions or recommendations to the care team.
Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience and skill in undertaking child focused assessments in a child and family welfare setting, including carer assessments.
  • Significant case work experience in the child and family field from a strengths-based, culturally appropriate perspective.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the CARE model of therapeutic care or similar trauma-informed, therapeutic care models or the ability to rapidly acquire it.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes within agreed timeframes and quality standards.


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