As a Family Group Meeting Convenor, you will:
Manage and coordinate the family group meeting process including referrals, identifying and coordinating participants, and facilitating meetings.
Ensure the family group meeting process is facilitated in accordance with legislative principles and requirements.
Prepare people to participate in family group meetings, including ensuring that all participants have a transparent understanding of the purpose of the family group meeting, drawing on your personal experience and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions and customs to provide high quality culturally safe and appropriate child protection services to children, families and carers serviced by the department.



You will also be working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Obtain the views of persons who are unable to attend the family group meeting.
Manage conflict and emotionally difficult conversations that may occur within the family group meeting process.
Liaise with relevant internal staff and with the Independent Person and interpreters where appropriate.
Maintain accurate records of case plans and other relevant information in accordance with departmental guidelines.

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📌 Family Group Meeting Convenor (Cairns)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Cairns