Family Support Specialist

7 days ago


Pakenham Upper, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time
About the Role

This position is situated within partner sites in the community, covering a wide range of services. The Early Help Family Services Program aims to provide early intervention support to students and families accessing universal services to prevent the need for family services or statutory intervention.

The Community Support Practitioners are front-line for the delivery of the Early Help Family Services model, working on-site with the local community, partners, and stakeholders. The role is focused on building relationships and facilitating opportunities, and delivery of services to support the families and children at each of the partner sites.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver brief intervention work with families, group work, secondary consultation with stakeholders, and capacity building within the community.
  • Provide psychoeducation, referrals and support to access universal or specialist services, assessment, parenting groups, training, individual support and brokerage expenditure.
  • Work collaboratively as part of the team on site and with local stakeholders, promoting communication between partners, the community and service providers.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated and extensive experience and skills in assessment and clinical interventions and family centred practice with vulnerable children, young people and families with complex needs.
  • Sound knowledge of the Children, Youth and Families Act and policies relating to child welfare and the Best Interests of the Child Practice Model.
  • Highly developed skills in assessing risks, needs and safety for vulnerable children, young people and families.
  • Highly developed interpersonal, communication, written, verbal and computer skills.

What We 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.

Our Commitment:

MacKillop Family Services 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.



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