Organisation : Child and Family Services Ballarat
Location : Melbourne, VIC Regional (Ballarat)
Work type : Part-time
Sector : Children, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Support Services, Families, Youth & Young People
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : SW5.1-5.3
About the organisation
Cafs is proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity organisation. We embrace it, value it, celebrate it and support it for the benefit of our employees, our volunteers, our service users and our community. We welcome applications from a range of people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, People with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
About the role
- Part Time 0.8 EFT, Fixed Term Contract 18 months
- Based in Ballarat
- Attractive Salary Packaging options
About the role
The Collaborative Practitioner – Youth Crime Prevention provides specialist advice, consultation, joint work, and support to the Lead workers in order to build their capacity to ensure that care and case planning for young people has a focus on the identified issues contributing to offending behaviour, with the ultimate aim of reducing future offending. The Collaborative Practitioner’s focus will be on developing the capacity of Lead practitioners to work with families with adolescents, through providing direct case advice and consultation. While based at Cafs, the role is about service integration across the Youth and Family Services sector, incorporating work across the range of partner programs involved with the Youth Crime Prevention Program, in particular Berry Street and Ballarat Community Health and in collaboration with family and youth Services and Victoria Police.
Qualifications
Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Welfare Work, Child Care, Psychology or other appropriate discipline.
If we could construct the optimal you:
You’re a passionate leader who can work in a small team, independently as well as contribute to the wider Cafs team. Your approach is adaptable depending on who you are working with and you enjoy building relationships with key stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for our clients. You enjoy working collaboratively with all stakeholders, taking a collective approach to your work.
Further information
For a confidential discussion please call Sharon Fecteau, Program Manager on (03) 5337 3333.
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Collaborative Practitioner – Youth Crime Prevention via Pro Bono Australia.
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