Practitioner, Foster and Kinship Care Service

1 week ago

Gympie, Australia Anglicare Southern Queensland Full time

Full time fixed term contract for 12 months based in Gympie
- SCHDI SAC Level 5 hourly rate
- Access to salary packaging options to increase take home pay

**Anglicare** Southern Queensland supports a variety of initiatives aimed at helping children and young people, who are not able to live with their own family, the opportunity to live in a safe nurturing family environment.

We are seeking a Practitioner, based in Gympie, for a full-time 12 months contract to be part of our “Foster & Kinship program” providing targeted support to recruit, train, assess and support Foster & Kinship carers to meet the individual needs of children and young people in Out of Home Care (OOHC).

If you enjoy working as part of a collaborative team who empower our Foster and Kinship carers to help meet the needs of children and young people in their care then this is a role for you.

This essential service will be focusing on providing direct therapeutic interventions with children and young people and supporting foster and kinship carers. Some after hours and weekend work will be required. This is a great opportunity for someone who has experience building rapport and relating to children and young people within a micro therapeutic manner, supporting foster and Kinship Carers.

**About You**
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Social or Behavioural Sciences or similar field
- Previous experience working with Carers including training, recruitment, and onboarding of new carers.
- Demonstrated experience in assessing complex and extreme needs of children & developing and implementing individualized care plans, including in-home support
- An understanding and knowledge of child protection (Children Protection Act)
- Demonstrated experience in training and facilitation of support groups
- Ability to operate within child-centred frameworks within a family-focused network.
- Completion of complex documentation on time and within required guidelines
- Current Blue Card (Working with Children) or willingness to obtain
- Current Licensed Care Service (LCS)
- Current Queensland Drivers Licence
- Current COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate

**What We Offer**
- Salary Packaging, package up to $15,900 per year tax free
- In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses
- Purchase extra Leave
- ALEX Learning and Development Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Significant and ongoing learning, to create genuine career growth and development plans
- Staff Spiritual Retreat twice a year
- An employee benefits program that includes awesome retail discounts.

For further information please contact

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position

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