Trainee Family Support Worker

at  Hope Community Service

• Full time, 76 hours per fortnight
• Fixed Term until 30/06/2025
• located in Kalgoorlie
• Salary $43.08 p/hr + $2.78 p/hr regional allowance
• Salary packaging benefits
  HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental ill-health, youth justice issues and socioeconomic disadvantage.
  We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Family Support Worker to join the Mara Pirni Healing Place team! The position is full time, fixed term, working Monday to Friday.

HOPE ACKNOWLEDGES AND WELCOMES DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS AMONGST STAFF AND CLIENTS, INCLUDING CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, INTERSEX VARIATIONS, RELIGION, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELATIONSHIP STATUS.

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Ansume Lane on 0863926311, quoting Ref No. 1181343.

• Conduct child safe assessments using the risk assessment tools on a regular basis.
• Work in a strengths-based, child-centred, family-focused way where the wellbeing and safety of children and young people remains paramount.
• Strengthening family connections, promoting placement prevention, and promoting the safety of children, young people and parents.
• To participate in the development of comprehensive family plans using a wrap-around approach and participation in ongoing review and evaluation of family plans
• Support families in their understanding of child development and enable them to develop positive parenting skills.
• Provide support to parents struggling with individual issues that impact on their parenting such as mental health, drug and alcohol issues, family violence, disability, unstable housing, and poverty in collaboration with the safety advocate team.
• Assist families to improve their relationship, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Advocate for the needs of children, youth, and families in promoting access to services and resources