Child & Family Practitioner. Full time Permanent - Mackay
Core
Provide high-quality case management and support to children and young people living in family-based care arrangements.
Role type
Child and Family Practitioner (Case Manager)
Builds
Individualised care plans, placement stability, and positive outcomes for children in out-of-home care.
Domain
Social work / Child protection / Out-of-home care
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Case management, risk assessment, cultural support planning, behaviour support planning, foster carer supervision, record keeping
Preferred skills
Strengths-based approach, trauma-informed care, culturally responsive practice
Responsibilities
Deliver child-focused case management, planning and assessments; Build partnerships with foster carers, Child Safety, families and stakeholders; Provide ongoing support and supervision to Foster Carers via home visits; Support carers to implement case plans; Develop and monitor risk, cultural, safety and behaviour support plans; Maintain accurate case notes and foster care agreements.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on practitioner