Birthing in Our Community Practitioner
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 interventions.
Role type
Senior case manager (family support and child protection)
Builds
Family capacity, community connections, and positive maternal/infant health outcomes
Domain
Indigenous health, child protection, family support
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
case management, motivational interviewing, safety assessment, legislative knowledge (child protection/housing/youth justice), stakeholder engagement, resource negotiation, narrative assessment facilitation
Preferred skills
critique of 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 narrative assessment tools; coordinate care across antenatal, postpartum, and infant development stages; maintain client-voice case notes; complete session rating surveys; participate in monthly supervision.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC