Senior Child Family Practitioner Placement Preservation Support - Permanent Full Time - Hobart
Senior Child Family Practitioner Placement Preservation Support - Permanent Full Time - Hobart
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Job Description
About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose not for profit organisation of 7000 employees working in more than 440 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.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the Role
The Senior Child and Family Practitioner provides coaching and direction to relevant staff to ensure they understand and fulfil the requirements of their role; promotes reflective practice; delivers relevant practicespecific workplace training to staff; and may provide direct assistance and support where required such as complex case reviews. Reporting directly to the Operations Manager this position is being offered as Permanent FullTimebased from our office inHobartwith flexibleworking from homearrangements. A Tool of Trade vehicle (including fuel card) will also be allocated to the successful candidate.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages the delivery of client case work and ensure the case management services complies with LWB policies & processes and the relevant statutory regulations funding agreements and accreditation standards.
- Provide case management to children young people and their families with complex support needs in accordance with the CARE principles LWB practice models policies and procedures.
- Lead a culture of reflective practice and provide regular supervision coaching development and support to case management staff to deliver quality outcomes for children young people and their families.
- Complete assessment planning review and referral for children and young people with complex support needs using endorsed and approved policy procedures and tools
- Promote and lead the implementation of organisational practice related initiatives including supporting the ongoing activities to embed Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and the CARE model to support a shared language and shared understanding of best practice.
Skills and Experience
- Recognised Social Work qualifications with eligibility for membership of the AASW and/or a Bachelor of Psychology or other relevant qualification.
- Knowledge of TCI and CARE frameworks will be highly advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience in a leadership role in case work with children young people and families.
- Demonstrated experience in practice leadership and / or developing and implementing practice improvement strategies to improve service delivery.
- Current Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Vulnerable People Check.
Benefits
- A fantastic positive and supportive team culture
- Monthly Rostered Day Off
- Flexible working hours including work from home possibilities
- Tool of trade vehicle available for personal use fuel card included!
- Ongoing training and mentorship
- Growing organisation with great career opportunities
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries contact with the subject headingSenior Child & Family Practitioner Hobart.
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
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 Sunday 6th April 2025.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
