Child & Family Practitioner

Description:

What we offer

• Flexible working arrangements, including work-from-home opportunities
• Salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year
• Up to $2,600 per year in meal and entertainment benefits
• Monthly RDO
• Mobile phone and laptop provided
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities
• Be part of one of Australia's largest and most respected social purpose organisations

About Us

At Life Without Barriers, we believe every child deserves to grow up feeling safe, supported and connected. Every day, we partner with children, young people, families, carers and communities to create brighter futures through compassionate, person-centred support.

With more than 8,000 employees working across 500+ communities throughout Australia, we are one of the country's leading social purpose organisations. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, people experiencing mental illness, and those who are homeless or seeking asylum.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

About the Role

As a Child and Family Practitioner, you'll play a key role in supporting children and young people in family-based care arrangements to achieve safe, stable and positive outcomes.

Working collaboratively with foster carers, children, families, Child Safety and other key stakeholders, you'll coordinate and deliver high-quality case management while providing ongoing support, supervision and guidance to carers.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact by helping children and young people thrive in nurturing, stable environments.

This position is based in our Springwood office and is offered on a 6-month max-term contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, child-focused case management, planning and assessments.
• Partner with Child Safety, carers, families and other stakeholders to develop and review individual care plans.
• Provide ongoing support, coaching and supervision to Foster Carers through home visits, phone contact and regular reviews.
• Support carers to implement case plans and achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
• Provide supervision and support to Youth Workers where required.
• Develop and monitor risk assessments, cultural support plans, safety plans and behaviour support plans.
• Maintain accurate and timely case notes, foster care agreements, renewals and records within organisational systems.

About You

You'll be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and enjoy building strong relationships with carers, families and stakeholders.

You'll also have:

• A recognised degree qualification in Social Work, Psychology or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience within the child protection and/or out-of-home care sector
• Experience working from a strengths-based, trauma-informed and culturally responsive framework
• The ability to assess, support and develop foster carers while promoting permanency and positive outcomes for children
• Excellent communication, organisational and relationship-building skills
• A current Australian Driver Licence

Successful candidates will be required to complete probity checks including a National Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check (where applicable).

Why Life Without Barriers?

At Life Without Barriers, you'll join a supportive team committed to making a real difference. We invest in our people through flexible work practices, professional development and meaningful career pathways, while recognising the importance of work-life balance.