Kinship Care Practitioner (2 Positions)
Location
Mildura
FTE
- 75 and 45 hours per fortnight, continuing position.
About the role
Kinship Care is the care provided by relatives or a member of a child’s broader network when a child cannot live with their parents. Statutory Kinship Care placements occur when Child Protection intervene, and a decision is made that a child is placed or remains with a relative or other community member.
The Kinship Care Practitioner will support Kinship Care families to care for children’s safety, stability, and development. To provide new kinship placements with family services support, and flexible brokerage, which will maintain and promote the stability of the placement. The position will also supervise and support case contracted Kinship Care placements to achieve permanency for children in out-of-home care. The position requires regular travel outside the office base to outreach to client homes or other designated outpost facilities.
Specifically, the position is responsible for:
- Providing case management to new Kinship Care placements and long-term statutory kinship placements.
- Developing and reviewing client-centred plans which guide the support provided to children and their families.
- Assisting Kinship Carers and extended family members to become a self-managed care team.
- Developing and reviewing client’s progress goals, using agreed outcomes measures and other relevant tools.
- Maintaining client data and information as required by legislation and funding body requirements.
To be considered for this position, applicants require:
- Tertiary qualification in community services, psychology, social work, or child welfare.
- Demonstrated experience in care coordination or case management, including intake, assessment and case planning within the Best Interests Case Practice Model, and the application of risk and needs assessment frameworks.
- Knowledge of contemporary child development theories, the impact of childhood trauma and evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of funding body practice guidelines for Out of Home Care (OOHC) services.
- Demonstrated efficient time management and productivity achievements.
Contact
People Team
Download the position description
How to apply
Please submit the form to apply for the role. When applying please include:
- a cover letter
- your current resume
- responses to the position’s key requirements, if applying for management positions only
- three professional referees
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview. Psychometric and other assessments may also be required.
Document uploads
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