Transform lives, every single day

Do you want a career that means more? At Anglicare Sydney, we bring the strength, the support and the strategy to make it happen.

We’re a well-respected not-for-profit that’s been serving people in need for over 170 years. Each year, we achieve life-changing outcomes for thousands of people who rely on our person-centred support.

As our Family Visit Worker, you’ll play an important role in helping children and young people in foster care maintain meaningful connections with their families.

Through safe, supervised family visits, you’ll create opportunities for children and families to spend time together while ensuring the safety, wellbeing and individual needs of each child remain at the centre of everything you do.

Be welcomed into a compassionate, respectful and purpose-driven community where we don’t just talk about values - we live them.

Your opportunity

Working within our Foster Care, Adoption & Family Support team, you’ll facilitate and supervise family visits between children in foster care and their birth families.

You’ll support children to feel safe and comfortable throughout visits, build positive relationships with families and foster carers, and respond appropriately to any concerns that arise.

You’ll also play an important role in documenting family interactions, providing transparent, accurate and objective observations to support case managers in making informed decisions about children’s ongoing care and wellbeing.

With integrity and compassion, you will:

- Facilitate and fully supervise family visits, ensuring a safe, supportive and child-focused environment.
- Safely transport children and young people to and from scheduled family visits.




- Build positive and professional relationships with children, birth families, foster carers and relevant stakeholders.
- Observe family interactions, assess potential safety concerns and intervene appropriately when required.
- Prepare timely, accurate and unbiased reports of family visits, communicating any concerns or follow-up matters to the relevant Case Manager and Provide transport to children and support work as approriate

What you’ll bring

You’re a compassionate, resilient and emotionally mature professional who understands the importance of family connections in a child’s life.

You can build rapport with children and families from diverse backgrounds while maintaining clear professional boundaries and keeping children’s safety and wellbeing at the forefront.

You’ll bring strong observational skills, sound judgement and the confidence to remain calm and respond appropriately in challenging or unexpected situations.

You also understand that family visits can be emotionally complex and require sensitivity, patience and the ability to communicate respectfully with everyone involved.

What’s required

- A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Child Welfare or Community Services, or currently studying towards one of these qualifications.
- Knowledge of the child protection system, children’s developmental needs,



attachment and developmental trauma.
- Demonstrated ability to build rapport and positive relationships with children and families.
- Strong observational, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, factual and unbiased reports.
- An unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence and confidence transporting children across Sydney.

What’s preferred

- Experience working with children, young people or families in foster care, child protection or community services.
- Experience facilitating or supervising family contact visits.
- Understanding of trauma-informed and child-centred approaches to working with vulnerable children and families.

You’ll also share our organisational values of integrity, justice, compassion and excellence, embedding them in everything you do.

The successful candidate will be required to satisfy relevant pre-employment checks, including a Police Check and Working with Children Check.

Why Anglicare?

We provide meaningful opportunities and choice, both for the individuals and communities we support and the dedicated people here who make it happen.

At Anglicare, you’ll get the security, stability and opportunities that come with a solid, well-established organisation that’s ready for the future. You’ll belong to a community of kind, humble and respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds. You will also be supported to gain new knowledge, deepen your experience and expertise, and shape a rewarding career.

On top of that, here are just some of the tangible benefits you may enjoy in a career with us:

- Flexible work options, where available, to help balance work and lif

📌 Family Visit Worker (Sydney)
🏢 Anglicare Sydney
📍 Sydney