Bring your child and family health expertise to a role that strengthens families, improves child safety and creates lasting community impact.
The Role
RESTORE Intensive Family Services is a voluntary, child-centred program supporting families with children from before birth to 18 years who are navigating complex challenges. Through intensive, trauma-focused and strengths-based support, our multidisciplinary team helps families create safety, build parenting capacity, strengthen relationships and connect with community and culture.
As Clinical Nurse, you will bring health, therapeutic and developmental expertise to our multidisciplinary team. Working with families in their homes and community settings, you will assess child and adult health needs, shape integrated care plans, deliver nursing interventions and provide practical health education.
You will help families reconnect with trusted health supports, reduce barriers to care, and navigate primary, specialist, developmental and disability services, including the NDIS. Your clinical insight will also inform child safety assessment and promote better health and wellbeing outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Build respectful, transparent relationships with families and complete evidence-based physical health, developmental and wellbeing assessments for children and adults.
Develop health care plans, contribute to integrated case reviews, and deliver practical, therapeutic nursing interventions aligned with RESTORE IFS and Centacare's Therapeutic Framework.
Provide referrals, advocacy, and practical support so families can access health, developmental and disability services, including the NDIS.
Advise the multidisciplinary team on child protection risk,



safeguarding and holistic health responses, and partner with allied health, education, government, NDIS, and community services.
Champion culturally safe, inclusive, and trauma-informed practice, with accessible feedback and stronger service pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
See attached position description for full details.
What you need to bring
Essential
Current registration, or eligibility for registration, with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a current practising certificate
Postgraduate qualification in Child and Family Health, or extensive relevant experience
Current Driver's Licence
Valid Department of Human Services (DHS) Working with Children Check
Knowledge of Child Protection Legislation
Desirable
Experience working with vulnerable families with complex family dynamics or needs
Experience working within a multidisciplinary setting
Sound theoretical knowledge of the impact of childhood trauma and factors affecting development and attachment
Experience coaching peers or delivering capability-building programs will be highly regarded
Special Conditions
May be required to work flexibly to provide some services outside of business hours
Work across office, community and family-home settings, meeting with families, stakeholders and allied health teams




What's in it for you
Ongoing, Part-time ********** FTE)
Above award rate of pay + super
Generous salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
Access to clinical supervision with the RESTORE Nurse Consultant
A distinctive community-based role where your expertise can create meaningful, lasting change for children and families
A supportive, multidisciplinary team committed to shared outcomes
Ongoing training and professional development
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Who we are
Each year, we support more than 20,000 people across metropolitan and regional South Australia through a wide range of community services, guided by a strong ethical framework. We are committed to a client-focused approach, delivering effective and flexible support to people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, cultures, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
Centacare is a Child Protected, Quality Accredited Organisation and a registered NDIS provider. We value individuality and embrace diversity, working in consultation and collaboration while upholding integrity and professionalism in everything we do.
We are dedicated to fostering a respectful and inclusive workplace, free from harassment and discrimination. Our commitment to equal opportunity reflects our mission, vision, and values—and we believe that our positive culture leads to better outcomes for our clients.
To learn more about us, explore our Who we are page and our organisational video.
Applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
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📌 Clinical Nurse Level 2 - Restore Intensive Family Services (Adelaide)
🏢 Centacare
📍 Adelaide