Strengthening and Restoring Family Services Practitioner
Core
Provide assertive, relational, and evidence-informed case management to expectant parents, infants, children, and families to restore child safety, wellbeing, and family stability.
Role type
Senior IC family services practitioner (child protection)
Builds
Child and family care/action plans with safety planning and coordinated interventions with Child Protection.
Domain
Social work / Child and Family Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Comprehensive assessment, person-centred care planning, safety and risk assessment, outcome-focused review, MARAM Framework application, FVISS and CISS usage, duty of care and duty to warn reporting, multidisciplinary team collaboration, assertive engagement with reluctant families
Preferred skills
Experience with cumulative, complex, and escalating risk cases, in-home service delivery, intensive intervention models
Technologies
MARAM Framework, FVISS, CISS, CYF Act Sections 34 and 38
Responsibilities
Conduct initial, ongoing, and comprehensive assessments considering child development, parenting capacity, risk, safety, motivation, strengths, and environmental factors; Develop and implement child and family care/action plans with SMART goals; Participate in Restoring Families care teams for joint planning and coordinated intervention; Build caregivers' confidence and capacity to respond to parenting responsibilities; Strengthen parent-child relationships through role modelling and engaging children; Connect families to informal supports and specialist services to reduce reliance on statutory systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC