• Ongoing Full Time
• Ballarat Location
• Salary Range $97,535 to $101,942 base pro rata plus Superannuation plus generous salary packaging options
• Award winning inclusive employer

OUR ORGANISATION

AT CAFS, YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Cafs (Child and Family Services Ballarat) is a proudly independent community service organisation, with our head office located in the Ballarat Community. We celebrate diversity and strive to be inclusive in everything we do. For over 156 years, the heart of our service has been the wellbeing of children, young people and their families. Today, that commitment stands strong, and we extend our programs to include everyone who needs assistance across the Grampians and Central Highlands Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, people of all abilities, people of different race, ethnicity or cultural backgrounds and people of all religions.

Cafs have adopted TBRI as our preferred model of care and Cafs way of strengthening relationships with others. TBRI uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviours. Our services are aimed at providing early help and intervention, targeted support and ongoing assistance. Cafs is a value driven organisation, which means we use our values to hold ourselves to account in how we work together and how we serve our clients

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Surround yourself with highly motivated and passionate peers who are all working together and supporting one another towards the same goal.

The Child Wellbeing Team provides a specialist focus within the Central Highlands Support and Safety Hub (The Orange Door) on the wellbeing and development of children, young people and their families through:

• Actively focusing on the best interests of children and young people at all times
• Assessments that include parent/carers and the whole family
• Working with men as fathers/parents
• Interventions that consider children and young people as individuals in their own right, and take into consideration their opinions and wishes
• Early help for children, parents and families to support wellbeing, stability, development and safety.
• Providing a point of contact for secondary consultation, advice and information
• The Children?s Wellbeing Team is a contact point for people seeking information, advice and assistance if they have concerns about a child and their family. As the Child Wellbeing Practitioner, you will provide information and advice about service options and other approaches for responding to the needs of children and families.
• You will work alongside other practitioners at The Orange Door, focused on child wellbeing and family violence, and as part of the Program & Services team at Cafs. You will rotate between the assessment and planning team and the screening, identification and triage team.

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will be kind, enthusiastic and a committed team member.

Key skills and attributes:

• You love to learn and improve in a caring consistently engaging and challenging environment
• You have demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience in providing immediate supportive casework/counselling and follow up as appropriate on short term issues
• You have confidence in providing appropriate referrals to Family Services, and to other services and agencies in the Central Highlands Region sub-region as well as the services outside the region as appropriate
• You are confident in writing and communicating, enabling you to provide effective assessments and evaluations.
• Your highly developed cultural awareness and sensitivity, partnered with excellent communication skills, will enable you to build strong relationships, with our stakeholders.
• Alignment to Cafs values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Kindness & Innovation
• To find out more view the position description on our website

QUALIFICATIONS

Tertiary Qualifications (Diploma and above) in Social Work, Welfare Studies, Family Therapy, Psychology, or related discipline

What is on offer at Cafs?

• Above award entitlements, including 3 days paid Christmas Leave
• Opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Join an organisation that lives their values
• Inclusive, supportive and innovative teams
• Rewarding and Meaningful Careers with professional development and dedicated resources to support your growth
• Salary Packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment
• To find out more go visit our careers page https://cafs.org.au/child-and-family-services-ballarat-careers/

INTERESTED?

We would love to hear from you, to find out more about this opportunity contact Ellie Lawson, Team Leader The Orange Door or Melissa Forbes, People and Engagement Business Partner on 03 5337 3333

WANT TO APPLY?

To apply for this role please submit your application through the online portal by selecting the ?apply now? button on our careers webpage.

https://cafs.org.au/positions-available/

Applications are now open and will close on Friday the 23rd of May 2025 at 5pm. Please note applications will be reviewed as they are received, and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.

Please note all applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and will be subject to a satisfactory Police Check outcome and an employment Working with Children Check. Cafs strongly recommend all staff be fully vaccinated against covid-19.

At Cafs we welcome applications from all people and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, People with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for our positions at Cafs.

Need support with your application?

If you require additional assistance with your application, please contact [email protected]