Wesley Community & Family Care

• Full-time 12-month contract role (maternity leave cover)
• Working across North West Sydney
• Salary + fully maintained vehicle + super + salary packaging benefits

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Vision is “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

About the program

Wesley Mission has a real mission – to reach out to a community with real needs. Through witness, work and with the help of supporters we can turn lives around for good. As part of Wesley’s Community & Family Care group, the Targeted Earlier Intervention (TEI) program focuses on earlier intervention by providing targeted services at the point where they can have the most impact - early in life and early in need. By encouraging community-based solutions, alongside tailored formal supports, TEI services can ultimately prevent children and young people from entering the statutory child protection system.

About the role

The Family & Community team is funded by the NSW Family and Community Services under the Targeted Earlier Intervention program.

The Family & Community team will offer a universal, early intervention service providing early engagement activities through to a quality case work model. All programs will be underpinned by evidence informed principles and work with the Targeted Earlier Intervention framework. This is a dynamic and challenging opportunity for an experienced professional to join a committed organisation that is well respected in the sector.

Wesley Mission provides regular supervision and support for all staff as well as range of opportunities for professional development and staff benefits. This is a child-related position and preferred applicants will be required to undergo a working with children’s check and criminal record history check.

Essential criteria

• Tertiary qualification(s) in Social Work or Community Welfare or extensive industry experience
• Experience in group facilitation and targeted case work support service, working with children, young people and their families
• Demonstrated ability to engage families at the point of initial service contact, build relationships of trust and cooperation, problem-solve and resolve conflict
• Extensive child protection knowledge and experience
• High-level written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing case summaries and completing child protection reports
• High-level ability to liaise, develop and maintain relationships with professional groups including Community Services and other government and non-government stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) organisations and communities
• Commitment to continuous improvement and WH&S Principles
• Willingness to affirm Wesley Mission’s vision, mission and values
• Flexibility to work some evenings and occasional Saturdays
• Current NSW or National driver’s license and Working with Children Check

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of an evidence-based case management system
• Working knowledge of the local child and family support sector

Interviews held Friday 6 March 2020.

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010, Level 5, with capacity for salary packaging. Superannuation is paid in addition at 9.5%.