Social Worker Child and Family

**Posted**:
18/07/2025

**Closing Date**:
18/08/2025

**Job Type**:
Contract

**Location**:
Manly

**Job Category**:
Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical

Royal Far West is one of Australia's most enduring and respected charities. We have been connecting children in rural and remote communities to the care they need since 1924. Today we do this from our Centre for Country Kids in Manly. We are looking for a Social Worker, Level 1 or 2 in a Full Time, Fixed Term position until October 2026. Please ensure you detail your experience as well as why you want to work with Royal Far West in your cover letter.
- Job Description

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

The Social Workers at Royal Far West practice a strengths based, family centered, trauma informed approach, supporting the child’s mental health and developmental well-being in the wider context of their home, environment and community. This position is responsible for the provision of Social Work services to children and families referred to Royal Far West. Services are provided collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The position is offered on a full time, fixed term basis until October 2026.
- Desired Skills and Experience

**About Me**
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work, eligible for membership with AASW.
- Demonstrated understanding of the core components of paediatric Social Work i.e. family support work/child interventions, parent counselling/coaching, short-term & targeted casework, and working in partnership with families and local service networks. This includes the ability to plan and deliver social work assessment, intervention, case management and discharge planning of children (0 - 12 years) with developmental vulnerability.
- Exhibits effective written and verbal communication skills including report writing, file notes, communicating with children, carers, teachers and colleagues.
- Knowledge of Child Safe practices including, but not limited to, Child Protection legislation, policy and procedures. Capacity to assess and respond to child safety and wellbeing with various stakeholders including children, carers and systems.
- Solid understanding of family-centered and strengths-based care and trauma informed approaches.
- Complies with Mandatory Employment Screening Checks Policy and Workforce Immunisation Policy.
- Commitment to diverse and inclusive practices. Demonstrated understanding of the issues faced by CALD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the context of health and family wellbeing.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team and liaising with a broad range of services.

**Desirable Criteria**
- An understanding and appreciation of the benefits and challenges for children in living in rural and remote areas.
- Experience working with children/adolescents with disability and/or complex developmental, social-emotional, learning and behavioural challenges.
- Knowledge of early life trauma and or experience working from a trauma informed approach.

**OUR CULTURE**

Royal Far West is a rewarding, inspiring, diverse and purpose driven workplace which aims to elevate and harness our people power to support the health and wellbeing of country children for generations to come.

Our core values of Care, Connection, Passion, and Impact are integral to the organisation. Respecting and upholding these values enables us to maintain a positive, innovative and highly collaborative workplace culture.

**BENEFITS OFFERED**

Royal Far West has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Best Places to Work in the prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine. **Our extensive benefits offered, include**:

- Structured **induction program**:

- **Meaningful work** where you are making a positive difference. You will be supporting children’s mental health, their wellbeing and helping them to build resilience.
- **You will** be able to focus on the practical work and clinical care.
- **Career and professional development opportunities**: You will be given high-quality clinical supervision. All team members are supported to become accredited facilitators of the Tuning in to Kids, parent group program and the Seasons for Growth children’s group program. There are great opportunities to learn best practice, we offer an Impactful Leadership Program to emerging leaders, interactive workshops offered to develop your work skills as well as online mandatory training.
- **Multi-disciplinary workplace. Across RFW we have** collaborative and supportive resident paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers to name a few.
- **Work/Life Balance** - work from our beautiful location at Manly Beach or work from home. **A laptop provided** to work remotely and we offer a **purchase leave scheme**.
- **Recognition & Reward** - Length of service awards and **recognition awards** aligned to our values.
- **Positive Culture** - We are