Senior Lead Practitioner Family Services
Core
Lead a multi-disciplinary care team to provide in-home child and family support, ensuring safety and facilitating reunification for children in out-of-home care using evidence-based frameworks.
Role type
Senior Lead Practitioner Family Services
Builds
Sustainable family safety and reunification outcomes
Domain
Child protection and family services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Risk assessment, decision-making, evidence-based program implementation, child development knowledge, trauma and attachment understanding, administration management
Preferred skills
Knowledge of Best Interests Case Practice Model and CYFA 2005, mentoring new practitioners
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead a care team of multi-disciplinary support services, safely support reunification when children are in out-of-home care, use evidence-based frameworks to create sustainable change for families, provide mentoring and guidance to new practitioners
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC