Placement Support Worker, Foster Care
Core
Provide ongoing in-home support and guidance to children and their Foster Carers within the Southern Foster Care team.
Role type
Placement Support Worker (Child Protection & Out of Home Care)
Builds
Safe, healing, and culturally responsive environments for children and young people in foster care.
Domain
Social Services / Child Protection / Foster Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Trauma-informed practice, cultural humility, child development knowledge, assessment and planning, relationship building
Preferred skills
Experience with First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse children, knowledge of Child Protection legislation
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Hold a caseload and provide ongoing in-home support and guidance to children and their Foster Carers; Use assessment and planning skills to coordinate strengths-based, trauma-informed supports; Embed cultural awareness and sensitivity into all aspects of work, particularly for First Nations and culturally diverse children; Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver services across Adelaide's southern metropolitan region.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC