Churches of Christ in Queensland, Children, Youth and Families, Bundamba

Permanent, full-time opportunity

About the role

In this rewarding role you will be responsible for the delivery of services to improve the quality of care being provided to children and young people living in family-based placements. Your daily duties will be varied and challenging, but in essence will include:

• Developing and improving a recruitment plan for fostering service in conjunction with the Service Manager; recruiting, assessing and training specialist foster carers;
• Monitor and assess carer's ongoing suitability to continue as carers within the service; support carers with placements; develop foster carer support plan; identify, address and review carer's education and training needs;
• Accept referrals for children and young people to be matched with carers in accordance with service policy, and through negotiation with the relevant government department;
• Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate individual care plans for young people placed with specialist foster carers.

About you

With a naturally empathetic disposition you are compassionate toward vulnerable individuals. You exude warmth and positivity, and effortlessly build lasting relationships that foster growth and development. Well-developed communication skills are part of your expansive repertoire and you liaise comfortably with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

As a master multi-tasker, you are adept at juggling priorities without compromising on quality. You have comprehensive knowledge of legislative and service requirements and readily foster a culture of compliance.

To be suitable for this position, your qualifications for the role will consist of:

• A recognised undergraduate degree in social work, psychology, social sciences or a related discipline;
• Practical knowledge of working in residential care or working with young people in a child protection context including delivering case management services;
• Demonstrated experience in providing training to adults, undertaking assessments, and providing a range of supports.

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: modelling unconditional love; behaving with integrity; and being good stewards.

Who we are

We offer over 200 services in more than 100 communities, positively impacting around 45,000 lives each year. Our care services range from children, youth and family services, early intervention and protection, affordable housing, and seniors and support living, making us one of Australia’s largest, most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

We provide a range of services to children, youth and families ranging from foster and kinship care to residential and supported independent living services. We provide support for more than 2,800 children, young people and families each year. Over 800 dedicated foster and kinship carers help us provide a vital safety net for these young people.

Imagine working for us

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offers you real choice and opportunities to grow your career. You’ll also find we offer a family friendly work culture.

Remuneration packages come complete with salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay along with a generous five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more (for eligible employees). To ensure your career can grow, we are constantly exploring innovative training and development programs. Most importantly, you will help us to positively impact the lives of thousands of vulnerable Australians. Just imagine that.

To apply

To apply for this position please click the Apply button. For further information, please contact Vicki Bork 07 3282 5401.

We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.

Applications close: Tuesday 10 March 2020