Kinship Engagement Worker
Core
Identify needs of children, young people, and carers; stabilize and support kinship care placements; provide ongoing support and brokerage funds.
Role type
Kinship Engagement Worker (Social Work)
Builds
Kinship care placements and family support networks
Domain
Child protection and family services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Kinship care model expertise, assessment and support service delivery, stakeholder partnership building, placement vulnerability identification, brokerage fund management
Preferred skills
Experience with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, diverse backgrounds
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide quality, timely and effective assessments and support services; Forge strong connections across the department and with external stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach to kinship care; Participate in supervision, direction, training and development.