Child Safety Specialist

**Introduction**:
About ATSICHS Brisbane

ATSICHS Brisbane is a not-for-profit community owned health and human services organisation delivering on the unique health and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in greater Brisbane and Logan. We pride ourselves on providing health and human services, our way - supporting our people and community in our commitment to create a flourishing future and lasting legacy for them and their families.

**Description**:
About the role

Are you passionate about Indigenous maternity care, advocating for families involved in the Child Safety system, and you’re ready for a rewarding and impactful challenge? If yes, we would love you to join the ATSICHS Brisbane Team.

You will enjoy partnering with and supporting a passionate and driven team of professionals in the development of this innovative evidence-based model of care. Responsible for providing specialist level advocacy and Family Led Decision Making support and referrals to expectant mothers, you will be at the forefront of reducing Child Safety interventions with our families. You are passionate about our community and making a real difference, and enjoy supporting a team of passionate and inspired midwives to deliver the service.

Birthing in Our Community (BiOC) offers a new model of maternity care that provides comprehensive and culturally informed maternal and infant health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Supports within the service include access to dedicated Family Support Workers, Case-load Midwifery care, post-natal clinics. BiOC is a holistic strengths-based approach to maternal infant health care, operating in a culturally appropriate community-based space.

Duties

Identification of families who require advocacy and wellbeing support, specifically relating to Child Safety involvement
Develop and action in-depth holistic family case plans to address support needs
Facilitate and lead FLDM, practice panels, and other relevant meetings
Take on a mentoring role within the team to provide improvements in wellbeing practice and supports
Lead case management reviews internally and externally, ensuring fidelity to the program model of care
Provide ad hoc case guidance and support to team members
Provide brief interventions to address Child Safety Concerns
Attend appointments and meetings for the families as required
Contribute to the coordination of relevant parenting, cultural, hobby, and educational classes through the Jajumbora Child and Family Centre.
Any other adhoc tasks as directed by the Manger to assist in the highest quality service provision.

Culture

Enjoy working in an organisation that makes a difference in the community. Join our friendly and supportive Health Care team that will help you grow personally and professionally. This is a career, not just a job. We are very passionate about growing and developing our employees and promoting from within. Join an organisation that truly lives our values every day, where our employees are happy to come to work.

**Benefits**:
Annual salary starts at $80,692.
Salary packaging benefits of up to $18,600.
Work in new culturally appropriate community-based space.
Work for and amongst Mob, contributing to great outcomes for our mums and bubs.
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Team building days
Access to health care and dental
Access to EAP

**Skills and Experiences**:
Please note that it is a genuine requirement that this position be filled by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in accordance with s25 of the Anti-discrimination Act 1991 (Qld).

COVID-19 Requirements

Immunization history showing you have received two doses of a Covid 19 vaccine.

Required

**Qualification and/or Experience**:
Current Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Human Services, Social Science, Health, Allied Health, Youth Work, Community Services, Family Intervention or Criminology with 4 years’ relevant experience in family support, child protection, youth support or related field

OR

Current Diploma in Community Services, Social Work, Human Services, Child and Family, Allied Health, Youth Work, Child and Family Intervention with 5 years’ relevant experience in family support, child protection, youth support or related field

AND

With at least 3 years of abovementioned experience in a case management role

**Skills and Knowledge**:
Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in working with Child Safety legislation and frameworks
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the factors contributing to vulnerability, disengagement, and intergenerational trauma of client group
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide behaviour change interventions that build client self-awareness and active change in achieving their identified goals.
Demonstrated ability to work with the whole-of-family, irrespective of primary client, in meeting the totality of family needs.
Demonstrated ability and comfortableness worki