Child & Family Practitioner. Full-time
5 days ago
Job no: 505706
Employment type: Full Time
Location: Toowoomba & Darling Downs
Categories: Child, Youth & Family
- Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice
- $2600 annual meal & entertainment card
- Flexible working hours, including work from home possibilities
- Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
About the Organisation
Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the Role
The purpose of the Child and Family Practitioner position is to provide a high level of skilled support and supervision to the placement of children and young people in a family-based care arrangement.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with the foster carer, children and young people, relevant government agencies and stakeholders to develop and implement individualised care plans to ensure the relevant 'standards of care' required by QLD government are always met and to give priority to the protection and well-being of children and young people.
This position is being offered as Permanent Full-Time, based in our Toowoomba office.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake child focused casework practice (case planning and assessment) in partnership with the relevant government agency, children and their families, carers and other stakeholders.
- Provide ongoing support and supervision to Foster Carers in relation to their caring for children and young people in their home.
- Provide support and supervision to Carers by telephone as well as through home visits.
- Support and supervise Foster Carers in the case planning process and assist them to implement the strategies outlined in the case plan.
- Provide supervision and support to direct reports.
- Ensure the necessary risk assessments, cultural support plans, safety plans and behavioural support plans are developed and implemented.
- Ensure all necessary documentation and information such as carer renewals, foster care agreements, file notes and other records are kept up to date, including inputting information into the CIRTS database.
Skills and Experience
- A recognised Degree qualification in Social Work or Psychology or related field
- Significant experience in the child protection and out of home care sector
- Demonstrated experience working with individuals, families and communities from a strength-based, culturally appropriate perspective that are part of the out of home care sector
- Demonstrated experience in identifying an individual's strengths and areas for improvement within the context of providing foster and/or host care with an emphasis on permanency for children in care
- Current Drivers Licence
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
Benefits
- An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including a mobile phone and a laptop.
- Salary packaging tax benefits, meal entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more.
- Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
- Monthly RDO.
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click 'Apply' and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Joelene at with the subject heading 'CFP Toowoomba'.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight Tuesday 30th September.
Advertised: 16 Sep 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Sep :55 E. Australia Standard Time
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