Description
The Health and Community Services Directorate (HCSD) is looking for an experienced and motivated team leader to play a key role in the First Nations Family Response and Engagement team to fill a temporary vacancy for up to 12 months.
The Team Leader role, First Nations Family Response and Engagement will be focused on providing strong leadership and mentoring to a team of practitioners who strive to deliver best practices in culturally safe family support for First Nations children, young people, families, and communities.
The primary purpose of the First Nations Family Response and Engagement Team is to divert First Nations peoples safely away from the Child Protection setting in a support manner, and to link them with culturally appropriate and relevant services in community.
This team strives to provide culturally safe case management for children, young people and their families; aiming to achieve change via culturally informed engagement tools, strengths-based practice, and family led decision making in the Child Protection Setting. Leaders and practitioners within the team place a vital emphasis on First Nations people leading the conversation and involving them in the journey away from the Child Protection setting in alignment with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles.
Health and Community Services Directorate (HCSD) is an inclusive employer where all people are respected and valued for their contribution. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, People with Disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people.
Eligibility/Other Requirements:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or related discipline and/or equivalent work experience in child protection and/or youth justice. Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who do not have these qualifications, but who have appropriate and relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage and experience are eligible to apply.
- At least five (5) years of practical experience working with children, young people and their carers or families in a frontline child protection setting.
- Current (c class) driver’s license is essential.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra (act.gov.au)
- Prior to commencement, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- As this role is likely to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and young people, cultural awareness, and capacity to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is highly desirable.
Notes: This is a temporary position available immediately for a period of up to 12 months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency. A merit pool may be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.