Family Connect and Support Worker

**Attractive Salary Packaging Options**

**Permanent Part Time 30.4 Hours per week**

**Learning and Development Opportunities including study leave**

**About the role**

We are seeking a Family Connect and Support Worker who will be responsible for delivering a high standard of service to vulnerable children, young people and their families by providing comprehensive assessment, engagement, short term case planning and case coordination as required with the overarching goal of identifying and referring families to relevant supports within a time frame of 16 weeks.

This role exists within our Child, Youth & Family Services and will work within a large and supportive team environment.

This position will require you to work across the Northern Sydney region.

**Duties**
- Promote a 'risk-aware' culture where staff proactively identify, report and address all forms of risk to clients, staff and CatholicCare.
- Conduct thorough assessments of families and young people to ensure the child’s and family’s needs are addressed.
- Work with families with children on a range of issues related to child protection such as Domestic Violence, Mental Health and Alcohol and drug misuse in the family context and child safety.
- Provide outreach to engage with families and young people at an early stage

**Skills & experience**
- Demonstrated experience and skills in information provision, intake, assessment and referral of working with families in need of support services
- Excellent understanding of child protection issues and client vulnerabilities
- Able to engage with parents and young people in order to develop case plans and goals
- Able to work as part of a team
- National Criminal History Check
- Working with Children’s Check
- Current NSW Driver’s Licence

**About us**

At CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay we make a positive difference in the lives of the people we serve. Our services include NDIS disability services, foster care and out of home care supports, services for seniors, children’s services and a range of Community Services supports.

We are also a child-safe and child-friendly organisation.

We are a safe, respectful, and inclusive employer. We welcome all applicants, regardless of their cultural background, gender, faith or disability. Our organisation will accommodate any reasonable requests to support you to thrive during the recruitment process and beyond.

**Culture and Benefits**

Please find attached a video about what it means to work at CatholicCare. We also offer:

- Salary packaging benefits to receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax-free.
- A focus on employee well-being, with regular reflective/practice supervision opportunities;
- Access to training and learning opportunities including study leave;
- An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support; as well as
- An additional Paid Leave day (CatholicCare Day) to be taken at the end of the year.
- Baby Bonus

**How to apply**

**No recruitment agencies please