Rural Family Support Worker

Rural Family Support Worker | Rural Support Service | Rockhampton

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to June 2026, Part-Time (60.8 hours per fortnight, 4 days per week)
• Location: Rockhampton and will include travel
• Remuneration: $51p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Rural Family Support Worker, you will be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.  Let's make a meaningful difference, together

Your part in our UnitingCare team

The Rural Family Support Worker will Coordinate, facilitate and evaluate the development of group and individual support for clients (adult and child) of the Rural Family Support Program in Mount Morgan and Surrounds. In this role you'll offer a holistic response to vulnerable children, young people and families accessing the service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and develop community networks
• Provide community education
• Conduct needs assessments and coordinate case management plans.
• General family support, information and referral

What makes a difference for us?

• Certificate IV in Human Services.
• Current QLD Driver's License
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• Must have the ability to travel within the Central Queensland region and/or the Northwest Queensland regions
• Demonstrated experience in working within a therapeutic context with a range of issues, including child abuse, family violence, relationship discord and grief and loss and the ability to keep abreast of relevant social issues and trends.
• Demonstrated ability to design, plan, facilitate and evaluate psycho-educational and therapeutic group together with a proven ability to apply contemporary group work theory and practice in order to achieve positive outcomes with clients.
  
  Demonstrated ability to work in ways that are innovative, inclusive and culturally appropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse groups.
• Demonstrated ability with a proven track record in establishing working relationships with other key stakeholders, including government organisations in community projects.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and, therefore, may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.