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About Centrecare
Centrecare is a not-for-profit organisation with over 300 employees and is committed to delivering quality professional counselling, support, accommodation, mediation and training services in over 11 locations across the Perth metropolitan, Goldfields and South West regions.
The Role
As a Child Contact Coordinator, your role is specialised and incredibly important in building and supporting relationships between children and their parents, often at times of high conflict and anxiety. You will be responsible for facilitating a service that is safe and neutral, providing children with the opportunity to develop a relationship with both parents. All supervised visits require written reports, accurately recording observations of interactions between the child and non-resident parent which may be required in Court for legal proceedings.
You will also be responsible for coordinating activities and visits, and leading a team of Child Contact Supervisors, providing support as required.
The Child Contact Service

• Provides core services to families Tuesday to Saturday, including one evening per week.
• Works towards the achievement of best practice in a child-focused service provision.
• Facilitates safe and effective changeovers of children between separated parents, and supervised access in a centre-based environment.
• Promotes the welfare of child/ren during either a visit or handover to a parent/guardian, by supervising interactions and behaviour in order to ensure the child/ren feel safe and comfortable in the situation.
• Acts in the best interest of the child/ren by taking reasonable measures to ensure they are physically safe and are not subjected to emotional stress or trauma.
• Facilitates the development of parenting skills through the provision of modelling for parents as required.

About You

Benefits

How to Apply
Click on apply and attach your up-to-date Resume and Cover Letter
Position closes: 21 April 2025
Shortlisting will commence straightaway, Centrecare reserves the right to close the position early if needed.

Should you have any queries, please contact Human Resources on (08) 9288 2244
At Centrecare:
Children feel Valued, Heard, and Safe: Centrecare is fully committed to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, child safe cultures and practices. harm. Centrecare also believes that all children are valuable and worthy of respect. It strongly supports the rights of the child and is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children who are in contact with or receive its services.
We are Inclusive: We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart: We are committed to walking alongside First Nations people to support a more inclusive Australia and Closing the Gap.
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