Social Worker Child and Family
- Manly, NSW
- Contract
- Full-time
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work, eligible for membership with AASW.
- Demonstrated understanding of the core components of paediatric Social Work i.e. family support work/child interventions, parent counselling/coaching, short-term & targeted casework, and working in partnership with families and local service networks. This includes the ability to plan and deliver social work assessment, intervention, case management and discharge planning of children (0 - 12 years) with developmental vulnerability.
- Exhibits effective written and verbal communication skills including report writing, file notes, communicating with children, carers, teachers and colleagues.
- Knowledge of Child Safe practices including, but not limited to, Child Protection legislation, policy and procedures. Capacity to assess and respond to child safety and wellbeing with various stakeholders including children, carers and systems.
- Solid understanding of family-centered and strengths-based care and trauma informed approaches.
- Complies with Mandatory Employment Screening Checks Policy and Workforce Immunisation Policy.
- Commitment to diverse and inclusive practices. Demonstrated understanding of the issues faced by CALD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the context of health and family wellbeing.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team and liaising with a broad range of services.
- An understanding and appreciation of the benefits and challenges for children in living in rural and remote areas.
- Experience working with children/adolescents with disability and/or complex developmental, social-emotional, learning and behavioural challenges.
- Knowledge of early life trauma and or experience working from a trauma informed approach.
- Structured induction program
- Meaningful work where you are making a positive difference. You will be supporting children's mental health, their wellbeing and helping them to build resilience.
- You will be able to focus on the practical work and clinical care.
- Career and professional development opportunities: You will be given high-quality clinical supervision. All team members are supported to become accredited facilitators of the Tuning in to Kids, parent group program and the Seasons for Growth children's group program. There are great opportunities to learn best practice, we offer an Impactful Leadership Program to emerging leaders, interactive workshops offered to develop your work skills as well as online mandatory training.
- Multi-disciplinary workplace. Across RFW we have collaborative and supportive resident paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers to name a few.
- Salary Packaging - up to $15,900 of your general living expenses can be offered tax free + meals and entertainment up to $2,650 pa tax free. See details at
- Work/Life Balance - work from our beautiful location at Manly Beach or work from home. A laptop provided to work remotely and we offer a purchase leave scheme.
- Recognition & Reward - Length of service awards and recognition awards aligned to our values.
- Positive Culture - We are an inclusive organisation welcoming people from all walks of life!
- Beautiful location at Manly beach: easy access by bus, ferry and parking options. We are based in an architecturally designed building, purposely built to deliver our services. We have showers and towels available for your use so going for a swim before or after work is possible.
- CARE Days - up to 5 days off to look after individuals' health and wellbeing, on top of Annual and Personal Leave, with the intention to provide employees with an opportunity to take regular breaks throughout the year.
- Benefits Program with discounts available on many high street purchases across Australia and access to novated car leasing.
- Pandemic Leave - 7 days paid leave, per calendar year to employees that have been impacted by either a disaster or pandemic which effects their ability to attend work.
- Gifted Leave - gifting leave of up to 3 working days over the Christmas and New year holiday period.