Family Support Practitioner - Birthing in Our Community (BiOC)
Core
Provide culturally safe, holistic case management and home-based support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families during pregnancy, birth, and postnatal periods, including safety assessments and child protection engagement.
Role type
Senior Family Support Practitioner (Case Management)
Builds
Family capacity, community connections, and positive maternal/infant health outcomes
Domain
Indigenous health, child protection, family support
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Holistic case management, motivational interviewing, safety assessment, legislative knowledge (child protection/housing), stakeholder engagement, resource negotiation, narrative assessment facilitation
Preferred skills
Critiquing social work theoretical frameworks, real-time intervention adaptation, cultural safety expertise
Technologies
Narrative Assessment Tools, MOBnet Performance module
Responsibilities
Conduct cold-call home visits to engage clients and obtain consent; Deliver immediate safety assessments for domestic violence, self-harm, and child abuse; Facilitate client-led narrative assessments; Coordinate care across antenatal, postpartum, and infant development stages with midwives; Maintain detailed client-voice case notes; Complete client satisfaction surveys; Participate in monthly supervision sessions