Child and Family Support Practitioner
Core
Provide trauma-informed, strengths-based support to families with infants, children, and young people impacted by family and domestic violence to strengthen parenting capacity and promote child wellbeing.
Role type
Child and Family Support Practitioner (Social Work/Health Allied)
Builds
Resilience, safe nurturing relationships, and access to appropriate services for vulnerable families.
Domain
Social Services / Child Protection / Domestic Violence Support
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Child development knowledge, parenting support, trauma-informed practice, group facilitation, multidisciplinary collaboration, community resource linking, culturally responsive practice
Preferred skills
Circle of Security training, Bringing Up Great Kids training, early intervention expertise
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with families to identify strengths and meet parenting/health needs; Provide evidence-based information on early years parenting and child development; Facilitate group and individual sessions; Link families to community resources; Work in partnership with Alliance partners.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on practitioner