Are you looking for the right career and lifestyle move? Do you want a job that will give you the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of Aboriginal people?
Here’s your opportunity to kick a career goal while you enjoy an incredible lifestyle on the beautiful Mid North Coast.
About the Role:
The Safe and Strong Families Caseworker will be responsible for engaging, enhancing and empowering Aboriginal families, communities and relevant agencies to work together within a culturally safe, trauma aware service delivery framework, to reduce the occurrence of family/domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual assault and physical and emotional abuse and neglect of children and young people within Aboriginal communities
The key objectives of the role include:
- Deliver targeted, trauma informed, culturally safe and healing focused support to Aboriginal children, young people and families to strengthen protective factors and reduce risks associated with child abuse, neglect and family violence.
- Undertake comprehensive, strengths based and family led assessment, including safety planning, recognising children and young people as victim survivors in their own right where family violence is present.
- Provide coordinated, wraparound case management, working collaboratively with families and partner services to deliver holistic responses addressing safety, health, education, economic, community and cultural needs.
- Support parents and carers to build positive parenting capacity, confidence and wellbeing, addressing underlying factors impacting family safety and supporting safe, nurturing and stable home environments.
- Deliver or facilitate individualised youth support, prioritising the young person’s voice, autonomy and participation in decision making, including individualised case support, advocacy, mentoring, referrals, practical assistance and pathways to education, training or employment.
- Maintain strong referral pathways and partnerships with specialist services (including family violence, mental health, AOD, disability, housing and justice services) to ensure timely, coordinated and culturally appropriate responses.
Essential Criteria:
- Confirmation of Aboriginality.
- Minimum Certificate IV in Aboriginal Health or Certificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work (11080NAT), or willingness to commence and complete within six (6) months of employment.
- Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal children, young people and families using culturally safe, trauma‑informed and healing‑focused approaches.
- Demonstrated experience supporting families impacted by child abuse, neglect and/or family violence.
- Experience providing strengths‑based, family‑led case management to address complex and interrelated needs.
- High level of written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work flexibly within tight time schedules and in accordance with variable workload demands.
- Ability to hold all relevant security clearances including National Police Check and Working with Children clearance.
- Current valid Driver’s license, minimum of Class “C” or equivalent.
Benefits and Culture:
Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre is an organisation that prides itself on rewarding dedicated hard work, and as such, would like to offer a wide range of benefits to the ideal candidate.
- A culturally safe, diverse, and inclusive environment, with opportunities for growth.
- Salary Packaging options are available as a Not-For-Profit Organisation, as well as Meals & Entertainment and Leisure & lifestyle Cards
- Remuneration Package will depend on experience and qualifications.
- Paid Parental Leave: New Paid Parental Leave available for permanent employees.
This position is one that offers real opportunities for career progression, development and growth.
If this interests you,
Apply Now!
Please apply via seek with a current resume and a cover letter. Applications without a cover letter addressing the essential criteria will not be accepted.
Note: Position advertisement will remain available on Seek until the position is filled and we reserve the right to commence the recruitment process during the advertisement period.
This is a designated Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander position under section 14D of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Proof or Confirmation of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander heritage will be required from the successful applicant.
For more information or queries relating to the role, email the People and Workplace Culture team at PWC@biripi.au.
