About us
Moreton ATSICHS operates a growing network of healthcare clinics for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our model of care provides holistic health and wellbeing services to support our Community across their lifespan. We bring together primary care, allied health, dental, mental health and wellbeing, maternity and early childhood, disability services, specialist services, and aged care as one team focussed on clients’ individual needs and goals. We are an integrated team working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our Community. Our network is growing across Caboolture, Morayfield, Strathpine, Deception Bay, and Margate – now there’s an opportunity for you to be part of a great team making a real difference in people’s lives.
The MATSICHS Family Wellbeing Service (FWS) purpose is to strengthen the cohesion and capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) children and their families that are engaged with or are vulnerable of becoming engaged with the Child Protection system. By addressing identified gaps in prevention, early intervention, and care coordination - family cohesion and capacity building can be achieved through the application of customised support and coordination of care networks around the child and their family.

About the role
Your role is to provide culturally safe brief interventions for vulnerable Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander families that reside in the Moreton Bay region. These interventions will assist family’s navigation of and access to services that build family capacity to safely care for and support vulnerable Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children.
The FWW role also is required to engage in community development, coordination and support. This may include engaging with internal and external health services, schools and early childhood centres to ensure families can access the full range of supports that contribute to positive outcomes for children. FWW’s may also play a key role in assisting/ co-ordinating community cultural groups/ events.

Your day-to-day duties may include:

• Confirm and contribute to a comprehensive assessments of family needs, including home visit risk assessments.
• Work with families to regularly review their progress and outcomes to ensure that their support plan remains relevant.
• Support participation (including attending alongside for support) in community development activities and group work as relevant to family's needs.
• Establish effective and continuous cooperative working relationships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous community organisations relevant to your client needs
• Provide emotional support and advocacy for issues related to Alcohol or other drugs (AOD), Domestic and Family Violence (DFV), and Mental Health.
  

About you

• Current Working with Children Clearence (QLD Blue Card) – prior to your commencement
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificates – willingness to obtain upon commencement
• Current Criminal History Check – willingness to obtain upon commencement
• Current C Class Drivers Licence (Qld)
  

What we offer
At IUIH we recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

• At IUIH ‘Our Collectivity is Our Strength’.
• Work as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team to improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
• We are a diverse and inclusive workplace that invites applications from all people.
• Be part of Australia’s largest community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
• Access to “Growing Our Own Opportunities” through in-house training and programs.
• Weekly Staff Wellness activities and all staff ‘Gather and Grow’ yarns and award ceremonies.
• Competitive salary plus salary sacrifices of $15,899
• 11.5% Super contribution

To find out more about our services, Community, and work life, visit moretonatsichs.org.au

APPLICATIONS CLOSE – Midday Monday 21 April 2025