Family Support Specialist - Birthing in Our Community (BiOC)

ATSICHS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane – Brisbane QLD

$105,673 - $105,673 a year

Full time, Permanent

20h ago , from ATSICHS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane

ATSICHS Brisbane delivers health care and community services that are culturally safe and built around the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Brisbane and Logan regions. We are a community-owned not-for-profit organisation, started over 50 years ago to improve health outcomes for our people, our way. Through offering wraparound services, we support the physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing of our people. We are working towards a future where our community thrives.

About the Role

You can access the full Position Description by visiting our website under "Join Our Team”.

Duties

- Support families in crisis - by delivering targeting and brief interventions that build the individual client's ability to regulate and cope with stress and family pressures.
- Build strong relationships with clients through effective micro-counselling techniques (body language, voice tone, active listening) and delivering unconditional positive regard in removing shame or blame perceptions of client beliefs.
- Facilitate evidence-based and culturally appropriate health promotion and parenting education to BiOC mothers, families and FSW's - both individual and group settings as outlined by the manager.
- Deliver immediate safety assessment and safety responses, documented and approved by the Line Manager, in instances of domestic and family violence, self-harm/mental health, and child abuse.




- Facilitate ATSICHS ‘Narrative Assessment Tools’ completed in full by client ensuring the voices of clients are imbedded in their assessment. Facilitate conversations and introspection on all assessment domains.
- Ensure families are provided care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postnatal period, in collaboration with clients’ assigned midwives and appropriate care service providers. Ensure client is supported through the 3 stages of BiOC schedule of care - Antenatal Care, Postpartum Care and Infant Development.
- Ensureall children meet developmental milestones by facilitating family access to ATSICHS paediatric/Mums and Bubs medical services, including access to specialist allied health supports.
- Enrolment in Kindergarten and family participation in early years playgroups.
- Improvefamily health by coordinating to ATSICHS medical clinics for annual preventative health assessments.
- Improvefamily dental care by coordinating to ATSICHS dental clinics for annual preventative dental check-up.
- ReduceAOD substance misuse and domestic and family violence through access to coordinated specialist treatment services.

Culture

- Everything we do is driven by a deep connection to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- We’re united in our purpose to improve lives, strengthen families,



and support our communities to thrive.
- We embrace innovation, new technologies, and evidence-based approaches to meet the evolving needs of our community.
- You’ll be supported by a welcoming culture where your voice is heard, your strengths are valued, and your wellbeing matters.
- We celebrate achievements, value collaboration, and make work an enjoyable and fulfilling place to be.
- Starting salary of $105,673 + 12% super.
- Permanent Full-Time role.
- Company laptop & mobile phone.
- Salary package up to $15,900 net and add Entertainment Benefits up to $2,649 every Fringe Advantages Tax (FBT) year.
- Flexible rostering hours/9 day fortnight options available.
- Work for an organisation that values growth and innovation to provide culturally safe community and health care.
- You’ll be supported with training, access to learning and development opportunities (including LinkedIn Learning) as well as career progression pathways.
- Employee Assistance Program — access up to six free and confidential sessions in any two-year period.
- Annual staff gathering, team building days, and team social gatherings.

Required

- Bachelor's Degree in social work, Human Services, Social Science, Health, Allied Health, Youth Work, Community Services, Family Intervention, Criminology or relevant social services fieldwith4 years' case management experience in family support, child protection, youth support, housing or related field.

OR

- Diploma in Community Services, Social Work, Human Services, Child and Family, Allied Health, Youth Work, Child and Family Intervention, or relevant social services fieldwith6 years' experienc

📌 Family Support Specialist (Brisbane)
🏢 ATSICHS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane
📍 Brisbane