• Make a difference in your community. 
• Positively impact the youth of our nation.
• 3 Month contract with the possibility to extend.    

Fostering Support Worker

Churches of Christ, Children, Youth & Families, Mount Isa 

Fixed Term, Full Time Position 

About the role 

Working as a Support Worker will see you encourage children and young people to achieve the best outcomes. You will have the opportunity to provide ongoing monitoring of placements with foster carers, including the transition of children and young people entering or exiting from placements. 

This is a 3 month fixed term contact with the possibility to extend.  This role specifically services the Gulf Regions including Mornington Island and Doomadgee. Staff that are local to these regions are encouraged to apply. If you are from outside these regions, you will need to have capacity for regular overnight travel.  

The office is based in Mount Isa, but workstations can be set up in another North West QLD Community. 

The organisation has a culture that promotes a healthy work life balance with ongoing professional development around self-care and an attractive 9-day fortnight  

In this role you will: 

• Collaborate to develop, implement and conduct the recruitment for the fostering service including conducting initial interviews, conducting pre-service training and enquiries; monitor and assess carer’s ongoing suitability. 
• Plan and action placements for children and young people, schedule and facilitate initial and ongoing care plan meetings. 

• Provide ongoing monitoring of placements with foster carers including the transition of children and young people entering or exiting from placements. 
• Provide support to foster carers including developing support plans, education and training needs, matters of concern, individual placements and awareness of intervention services. 
• Work sensitively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, children, young people, families and communities to provide culturally inclusive services and achieve sustainable outcomes within a culturally safe environment; assist to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care; work collaboratively with communities to keep children and families safe and connected to culture. 
• Perform position responsibilities in accordance with the Sanctuary Model of Care framework. 

What you can bring to the team: 

You are passionate about the welfare of children and achieving the absolute best outcomes for them. You will have the ability to easily establish and build rapport with people, in addition to being a naturally caring and positive individual. You have an understanding of the impacts of trauma on children, families and communities.  

You are honest and trustworthy and demonstrate professional integrity in your daily activities.  Your Relational empowering practice ensures you are constantly striving for the best outcomes for our young people.  

To be suitable for this position, your qualifications for the role will consist of: 

• Certificate III in Protective Care, Youth or Community Services or equivalent and/or related experience with a willingness to participate in further training. 
• Applied knowledge and understanding of child protection and out-of-home care frameworks, including knowledge of or an ability to acquire knowledge of the Child Protection Act 1999.  
• Current driver’s licence. 
• Experience working with children who display complex to extreme behaviours; 
• Youth work Experience in the residential care system 
• Demonstrated experience in providing training to carers and applying assessment, crisis intervention and short-term intervention skills and therapeutic approaches; 
• Applied knowledge and understanding of child protection and out-of-home care frameworks. 

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety. 

Employee Benefits: 

As a not for profit entity, our employees can package up to $18,549 p.a. of their taxable income before your income tax is calculated. Up to $15,900 p.a. on every day expenses (such as mortgage payments, rent, groceries, bills and insurance) plus up to $2,649 p.a. on meal/entertainment benefits. 

By being such a large organisation, we are also able to offer a range of compelling benefits. Including but not limited to: 

• Remote Living allowances and retention bonuses.  
• Five (5) weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more; 
• 1 PDO per fortnight; 
• Discounts through our large network of retail partners including: 
• JB Hi-Fi, 
• The Good Guys, 
• Goodlife Health Clubs, 
• Bupa Health, 
• Plus many more. 

To apply 

To apply for this position please click the Apply Button. For further information, please contact Courtney Wootton on 0418 454 204 

We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions. 

Applications will be assessed as they are received.