Family Engagement Practitioner

Kummara Limited

Brisbane

Western Suburbs & Ipswich

Community Services & Development

Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services

Full time

About Us

Kummara Limited is an Indigenous organisation established in 1999 to provide support to vulnerable families at risk. The organisation's objective is to support the long-term wellbeing and resilience of all children and families.

Kummara works in partnership with families for the achievement of independence and strengthening of the family's capabilities. We believe in the strengths of family and community and have developed a strong reputation for engaging and supporting our community.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are recruiting for a Family Engagement Practitioner working full time, 8.30am - 5.30pm. The position will be at Family and Child Connect, Ipswich.

Working within Kummara, this position will deliver outreach, short-term, 6-week case work to families, children, and caregivers to facilitate community connectedness, social learning, good health, and wellbeing.

This position will work in partnership with community, other agencies, and professionals to ensure family's needs are met and create opportunities and referral pathways for positive family functioning and wellbeing.

KEY DUTIES/ABOUT THE ROLE - Family Engagement Practitioner

• Provide culturally sensitive and competent practice and resources to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, CALD families and non-Indigenous families.
• Identify family needs using specified tools and undertake screening and assessment of risks and needs of children and young people.
• Provide information, advice, referral, and linkage to relevant services, as appropriate to the assessed level of need.
• The role requires the ability to manage a caseload.
• Regularly attend and participate in case consultations.
• Maintain positive relationships with government, NGO, and community organisations to ensure collaboration with other agencies to ensure integrated approaches.
• Maintain accurate records, report writing and data entry requirements in line with professional standards.
• DV experience would be advantageous.

ABOUT YOU:

You enjoy being part of a creative and enthusiastic team. You are someone who takes initiative and can turn an idea into fruition quickly. You like contributing to a positive supportive team culture, by thinking in solutions rather than problems and looking at strengths rather than deficits. You are generally positive, and always approachable and respectful.

You are capable in both supporting your team, as well as management, and you have no problem taking on a range of different tasks: direct service delivery to families & help create policies and procedures.

Lastly, you relate to and demonstrate the qualities of integrity, respect, genuineness, humility, and empathy.

QUALIFICATIONS

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS POSITION YOU WILL NEED:

1. Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g., degree in social work or similar discipline)
2. Working with Children Blue Card (mandatory)
3. Queensland Driver’s licence (mandatory)
4. Experience in the community services sector
5. High level of written and verbal communication skills; you will be confident when documenting case notes and competent in using database systems
6. Excellent relationship building skills
7. Effective interpersonal skills (including but not limited to communication, conflict resolution, leadership, and positive attitude)

What We Offer:

Kummara is a family friendly employer. This full-time position offers a competitive remuneration.

You must be eligible to work within Australia to apply for this position.

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing as suitable applicants are received to fill this role so apply NOW!

For more information phone (07) 3281 3708.