At a Glance
- Tasks: Support families and children facing mental health challenges through tailored psychosocial support.
- Company: Join yourtown, a trusted provider focused on youth mental health and wellbeing.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work hours, professional development, and wellness programs.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to positive change.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of children and their families.
- Qualifications: Diploma in Child Development or similar, with experience in family support.
The predicted salary is between 46125 - 56375 $ per year.
yourtown is a trusted provider of services for young people, focusing on mental health and wellbeing, long-term unemployment, prevention of youth suicide, child protection, and support for those experiencing domestic and family violence. Powered by yourtown, Kids Helpline is here for children and young people whenever they need us, anytime for any reason 24/7, through tailored mental health counselling services in line with their changing preferences for help-seeking.
yourtown’s Mind 4 Kids Program provides psychological therapies and psychosocial supports for children aged 0 to 11 years with moderate mental health issues, aiming to improve their health, resilience, and wellbeing. The Child and Family Support Worker provides psychosocial support to families of children aged 0 – 12 years experiencing mental health challenges and associated reduced psychosocial functioning. You will assist them in building capacity and stability that aims to improve individual and family safety and enhance wellbeing and life prospects.
Your role will include:
- Undertaking needs assessments and developing and managing collaborative case plans.
- Providing individual supports to caregivers and children to support problem solving, social skills, peer and family connections, and practical assistance.
- Engaging families in outreach activities in the home and in the community.
- Ensuring families are provided with support to develop life skills, build confidence and capacity, and engage with relevant services.
- Providing psycho-educational groups and information sessions.
This position is a maximum term parental leave contract, subject to ongoing funding.
What we are looking for:
You will be comfortable and skilled in working with primary school-aged children through a collaborative approach with families. You will bring:
- Passion, commitment, and belief in young people.
- Diploma level qualifications in Child Development, Human Services or similar.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with families with complex needs and vulnerability.
- Experience in leading, developing, and facilitating individual and group interventions.
- Ability to communicate with and engage children and their families.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.
- Unrestricted driver’s licence.
Your benefits:
When you join yourtown, you will be welcomed into a safe, inclusive, and diverse community and an established and reputable national organisation. Your employment experience will include:
- Salary sacrifice options to increase your take-home pay.
- Regular line supervision and support plus internal practice supervision.
- Ability to negotiate flexible work hours and work arrangements.
- Opportunities for internal and external professional development.
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning including over 16,000 learning modules.
- A genuine focus on employee health and wellbeing.
- Access to free and confidential counselling sessions for you and members of your immediate family.
- Access to discounted private health insurance, banking and finance, insurance, and superannuation through our partner organisations.
- An environment that genuinely values diversity and cultural capability and is an equal opportunity employer.
yourtown is committed to providing services that protect and keep children, young people, and adults at risk free from harm. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Criminal History Check and retention of a valid Working with Children Check. The yourtown Workplace Immunisation Policy requires team members in this position to be immunised against certain vaccine-preventable diseases. yourtown will provide successful applicants with information regarding mandatory vaccination and evidence requirements during the recruitment process. yourtown will reimburse costs associated with meeting mandatory immunisation and vaccination requirements.
At yourtown, everybody belongs. We welcome, celebrate, and support a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities in which we work.
Child & Family Support Worker in Deception Bay employer: yourtown
At yourtown, we pride ourselves on being a leading employer in the mental health sector, offering a supportive and inclusive work environment for our Allied Health Professionals. Located in Capalaba, our team enjoys flexible work arrangements, ongoing professional development opportunities, and a strong focus on employee wellbeing, including access to wellness programs and counselling services. Join us in making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families while working alongside a dedicated team committed to positive change.
