Are you passionate about empowering families and making a lasting impact? Join our Intensive Family Support team in Jimboomba, where you'll work closely with children and families to foster positive change.

This part-time role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, supporting children’s wellbeing through a strengths-based approach. You’ll have the autonomy to bring creativity to your work, backed by a team of experienced colleagues and management.

You'll receive training in assessment and case planning, with a strong emphasis on risk assessment and working alongside the Child Safety Principal Child Protection Practitioner. Through our integrated approach, you'll partner with experts in Domestic and Family Violence, Housing, and Functional Family Therapy-Child Welfare to develop meaningful solutions tailored to each family.

If you’re excited about working with families long-term and want to see your efforts transform lives, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

📍 Location: Jimboomba – our Jimboomba office is only 40 minutes from Logan and Springfield and a one-hour drive from the Gold Coast
📝 Role Type: Permanent, part-time

💰 Pay Range: $49.28 – $50.34 per hour (pro rata), with salary sacrificing available

What You’ll Do

✔ Develop purposeful, tailored support plans for families with complex needs

✔ Provide mentorship and practical parenting strategies, connecting families with specialist supports

✔ Work across the Browns Plains / Beaudesert regions, based in Jimboomba

✔ Conduct flexible home visits, occasionally scheduled outside standard business hours

✔ Access professional development opportunities to grow your skills

About You

You’ll be a great fit if:

You’re child-focused and passionate about equipping families with the skills to thrive

You’re creative and adaptable, finding meaningful ways to connect with families ✅ You’re eager to build and refine effective approaches to family support

You’re a team player, ready to learn and grow

Interested?

Read Advice for Job Applicants and check out our Organisational Chart at https://www.yfs.org.au/application-process/

Send your resume and a one-page covering letter outlining what you will bring to the job to [email protected].

Contact Diana on 07 3826 1500 if you want to talk about the role.

Closing date: Wednesday 28th May 2025 at 12pm

Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 3rd June 2025

People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community, are encouraged to apply.

About us

At YFS, we make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people living in the Logan and surrounding area. And we want our staff to thrive, too. So we offer great opportunities to develop your career.

We’re serious about your professional development. Half of our managers have been employed from within. And we empower each other to make decisions and try new ways of working.

We know that a happy workplace thrives. We recognise that staff have their own needs, so we encourage you to bring the entire you to work. Depending on your role, we support a number of flexible work arrangements.

Also, we offer great employment benefits including above-average pay rates, generous salary packaging (exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax), portable long service leave, counselling support, and free parking.

To find out more about working with us, head to https://www.yfs.org.au/work-for-us/.