Senior Family Engagement Worker

1 month ago

Melbourne, United States Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Role

The Senior Family Engagement Worker will actively lead, plan, consult and advise on service and program development, and the implementation and delivery of family engagement measures and will support the implementation of a new Family Therapy Service. The role will proactively identify emerging needs and issues of incarcerated mothers to ensure responsivity to strategic, operational and service demands as well as actively contribute to and inform ongoing service and quality improvement to ensure best practice is maintained. The Senior Family Engagement Worker at DPFC will lead and drive strategic development, planning and implementation for a consolidated Family Engagement Service across the Women's Prison System, including how this service complements existing offender management frameworks and case planning.

Additionally, the role will include building relationships with other Government departments, such as the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Child Protection, to develop strategies that assist women's transition to the family unit and the community in general.

Some of your duties will include:

Lead the design and implementation of the newly developed Family Engagement Service, including managing referrals, through care and information sharing requirements. Take a lead role in building effective relationships with local Aboriginal communities, organisations and professional groups to ensure their input into service delivery. Oversee and facilitate delivery of parenting programs (such as Triple P Parenting Program).

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

An understanding or demonstrated experience of working with women with complex needs and applying a trauma informed approach to work is highly regarded. Demonstrated knowledge of complexities associated with women in custody, including transition and reintegration issues and needs of women prisoners. Extensive specialist expertise working with women and their families. Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal communities.

  Qualifications/Requirements

Travel between both locations will be required as well as occasional weekend work to support children and family activities and events throughout the calendar year.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform. For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

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