Vacancy Reference
No. ******
We currently have 2.0FTE
available for immediate appointment as a full time or part time
position (Minimum part time FTE is 0.5FTE).
Secondment will be
considered for the right applicant, with possibility of extension
and/or permanency.
About
the Role
The Child and Adolescent
Health Service (CAHS) is seeking a Family Support and
Outreach Worker to join
our Paediatric Palliative Care and Hospice Service
(PPCHS).
Working across hospice, hospital and
community settings, you will play a vital role in delivering
high-quality psychosocial support, care coordination, and advocacy,
helping families navigate complex systems and access the care they
need.
Reporting to the PPCHS
Family Support Coordinator, you will work within a
multidisciplinary team and with clinical and community partners to
ensure families receive timely, coordinated and culturally safe
support throughout their journey from diagnosis through treatment,
end-of-life care, and complex grief and bereavement.
With a focus on identifying
the psychosocial needs of families, you will deliver tailored,
evidence-based interventions to support the whole
family including siblings and extended family
members.
You will work across a
variety of settings, including Perth Children's Hospital, WA's
first Children's Hospice, and family homes, and at times may be
required to work independently.
Your ability to maintain
professional boundaries, assess family needs and risks, exercise
sound judgement, advocate effectively, and provide compassionate,
family-centred support will be critical to your success in this
role.
Key responsibilities
include:
Provide
high-quality psychosocial support and care coordination to
children and families across their individualised health
journey and into bereavement.
Deliver
trauma-informed, family-centred care, including assessment,
intervention, and tailored support planning.
Work
collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team across hospice,
hospital, and community settings to support holistic patient
care.
Facilitate therapeutic
programs, groups, and family support activities that promote
connection and wellbeing.
Build
strong partnerships with health, community, and cultural
services to support coordinated and culturally responsive care
throughout the state.
Provide
outreach and equitable support to families across metropolitan,
rural, and remote locations, contributing to service
development and quality improvement.
If you have extensive
experience in psychosocial care of children and families together
with experience in palliative care service delivery or complex care
environments, we encourage you to apply.
About
the Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) Children's
Hospice:
Due to commence operations
in ****, this purpose-built, world-class paediatric hospice,
located on the stunning WA coast, offers statewide specialist
paediatric palliative care services for children and young people
(0–18 years) who are living with life-limiting or life-threatening
conditions, and their families.
This state-of-the-art, 7-bed
facility will be the first of its kind in Western Australia,
providing specialised palliative care for children living with life
limiting conditions aged from birth to 18 years within a peaceful,
home-like setting that prioritises comfort, dignity and
connection.
How
to Apply
Applicants are requested to




apply online ().
Please note, applicants must have a current, valid email address in
order to apply online.
This email address will be used for
communication with applicants.
Your ability to
meet the work-related requirements will be assessed throughout the
recruitment process.
For your written application
please provide the following:
A current
resume which summarises your experience,
qualifications and how you can meet the position
requirements.
Please
provide the name, email, and contact details
of two referees who can be contacted
to provide a reference.
Referees should include at least
one individual who has been or is your direct Line
Manager/Supervisor.
(We will contact you to seek your
confirmation prior to contacting your listed
referees).
Within the
application system you will be presented with the following three
(3) questions designed to assess your suitability against the
Essential and Desirable Selection Criteria outlined in the attached
Job Description Form.
Please review the Criteria carefully when
preparing your responses.
These questions allow you to
showcase your relevant skills and experiences in detail and how it
relates/ translates to the paediatric palliative care setting.
There is a word limit of 500 words per
question.
Can you
provide an example of how you have delivered culturally
responsive care to a family of a background different to your
own?
What did you consider and how did you adapt your
approach?
Describe
a time you undertook psychosocial assessment, and provided
trauma informed therapeutic interventions (including
counselling and emotional support) to a child, young person
and/or family in a complex clinical situation, such as grief
and/or bereavement.
Tell us
about a time you worked collaboratively with a
multidisciplinary team and/or external services to support a
family.
How did you ensure coordinated and responsive
care?
These questions will be
assessed against Essential Criteria 2, 3,4,5 and 6 from the
Job Description Form (JDF).
(View the applicant information package
and Job Description Form (JDF) attached for more
information).
These documents should be
complete and ready to attach prior to applying online.
Please
ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application
process as you will be required to answer various questions and
attach your documentation.
Help in submitting
your application: If you experience difficulties
while applying online, please contact Employee Services on ********
for immediate assistance during business hours.
Eligibility to
Apply: To be eligible for appointment, applicants must
have valid Australian work rights.
This includes visa holders.
Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold
citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing
employment in Australia.
Sponsorship is
not currently available for this position.
Other
Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust
and responsibility.




WA Health policies require applicants to
undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as
part of the appointment process.
As well as undertaking a criminal
record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required
to undertake a working with children check (if required for the
role) and a pre-employment health assessment.
We may ask referees
to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical
behaviour.
Please note that adverse information does not
necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part
of the appointment process.
WA Health is committed to
eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of
our service.
We embrace diversity and strongly encourage
applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and
people with disabilities.
In addition, we are
committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health
Aboriginal Workforce Policy.
As a measure to achieve equality,
Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act **** applies to this
position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are
encouraged to apply.
Whilst this selection
process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may
also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the
health service.
In addition to this, should the successful
applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next
most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process.
Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12)
months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment
decision.
About
CAHS
The Child and Adolescent
Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider
for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State's only
dedicated health service for infants, children, and young people.
CAHS comprises three service areas: Perth Children's Hospital (PCH)
and Neonatology, Community Health, and Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services (CAMHS).
With over **** employees,
our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial
Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160
community clinics across the Perth metropolitan
area.
For further information
about the advantages of working for CAHS, please click here and
for further information regarding CAHS' services, please
click here
CAHS
values: To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy
communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace
culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability.
During
the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil
the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the
values.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact
the person named in this advert.
Support for your
interview process
CAHS is committed to
ensuring that our interview process meets the access needs of all
applicants.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to
accommodate a disability, enhance access, or support your inclusion
and success during the interview, please contact the CAHS Talent
Acquisition Team prior to your interview.
Lodgement is system
generated.
Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date
will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL
APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

📌 Family Support And Outreach Worker (Paediatric Palliative Care And Hospice Service) (Perth)
🏢 WA Government
📍 Perth