Community & Kinship Care Practitioner – Sunshine Coast
Core
Assess, evaluate, and coordinate placements for children in kinship and foster care while collaborating with Child Protection services and supporting foster families.
Role type
Kinship and foster care practitioner
Builds
Safe, nurturing, and culturally connected environments for children and young people
Domain
Child protection and family support services
Required skills
Home assessment, placement coordination, conflict mediation, training development, financial compensation evaluation, advocacy, documentation
Preferred skills
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services experience, child protection system experience
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Complete home assessments including face-to-face interviews and household safety checks; negotiate and coordinate child placements; collaborate with Child Protection case planning; evaluate children's needs to determine financial compensation; monitor service delivery; assist foster families with biological families; provide skills-based training; evaluate foster family performance against service plans.
Seniority
Mid-level practitioner