Support Worker

Child & Family Support Worker

Employment Term: Maximum Term to 30 June 2027, Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight)

Location: Central Queensland, Rockhampton, Emerald, Brisbane / Hybrid - Travel will be required to outback and western Queensland. When not on placement, the Support Worker can work from home.

Remuneration: $51p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Support Worker, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

The Child and Family Support Worker with the Rural Family Care Service will offer a holistic response to geographically isolated children, and families accessing the Remote Family Care Service, including short term intervention, information, advice and referral.

This is a remote service delivery role that is predominantly delivered in remote locations resulting in approximately 70% of work hours spent travelling and residing in family settings to deliver early education and parenting support services. In this role, you'll travel with Remote Family Care Service educators to rural properties and stay on the property with families from 5-10 days at a time.

This role will involve:

• Working alongside Early Years Educators to offer a holistic response to the family unit as a whole.
• Offer clients practical, informative referrals as required and respond to the perceived and expressed needs of families.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with other service providers, governmental departments and community based agencies to facilitate family and child-focused outcomes.
• This position will offer a holistic response to vulnerable children, young people and families accessing the Rural Family Support program, including short term intervention, information, advice and referral
• Conduct needs assessments and coordinate case management plans
• Providing parenting support, parenting programs, early childhood development screening and assessment

Please note: Screening and assessment training will be provided to the successful applicant.

What makes a difference for us?

• Minimum of a Diploma in Community Services, Human Services or related field.
• Sound understanding of the physical, emotional, cognitive and social aspects of child development as well as recognition of the individual needs of children aged birth to Twelve years.
• Sound understanding of early intervention and prevention support for families, including those with multiple and complex issues.
• Current First Aid & CPR Certificate
• Current QLD Drivers License
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• Must have the ability to travel within Outback and Western Queensland.

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.