Intensive Family Preservation Caseworker
About the role
This is a full-time closed period contract until May 2025 based in the ACT.
About the opportunity
Uniting is currently seeking an experienced Intensive Family Preservation Caseworker to join our team in the ACT. This role is responsible for providing culturally responsive child and family assessments, intensive home visiting, crisis management and casework to prevent unnecessary entry of children and young people into Out of Home Care (OOHC).
Our IFP team (Intensive Family Preservation) work to support vulnerable families who are at risk of further escalation in the child protection system because we believe that supporting families before a crisis improves family resilience and reduces harm to children.
We’re looking for a creative, experienced, organised self-starters; someone as exceptional as the people we support to join us to provide assessment, crisis management, and casework as per the Homebuilders Model to families at high risk of having their children removed into care for protective concerns or who are having their children restored to their care.
What you will be engaged in:
Your Qualifications & Experience
Benefits and culture
Working to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice brings its own rewards, but there’s more.
Should you have any questions, please contact Belinda Condon from Uniting's Talent Acquisition Team at bcondon@uniting.org
Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Vulnerable People Checks and Reference Checks.
Closing date: 11:55pm, Friday 24th May 2024
Job reference number: 504659
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