Department of Human Services
Job reference: 863108
Location: 5606 - PORT LINCOLN
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Role Highlights

- Access excellentlearning and development opportunities
- Flexible workingarrangements available
- Provide a range ofservices to promote wellbeing of young people

Here at the Department of Human Services (DHS), we strive todeliver modern programs, services and policy that strengthencommunities and enable South Australians to actively participate incommunity life. With people at the heart of what we do and acommitment to child safety, ageing well and supporting people withdisability, we work to increase inclusion, independence anddecision-making, and help our communities when it matters most.

About the Business

Our Safer Family Services team delivers a range of services,including intensive family support and multi-agency responses, tohelp children stay safely at home with their families and avoid theneed for out-of-home care. They also help families with parentingsupport, workshops and connection to community events andinitiatives to improve child safety and wellbeing.

Role Details

The Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) works to support and engagedirectly with vulnerable children, young people and families atrisk, and is accountable to the Supervisor, Child Wellbeing Program(CWP) for:

- Strengthening communication and understanding between the Department for Child Protection (DCP), Department for Education(EDU), and Health systems for timely and effective serviceresponses to meeting the needs of children and their families.




- Demonstrating effective case practice and case management,providing high quality and effective service delivery to respond tothe needs of children and their families in a timely manner and ina supportive diversionary role.
- Promoting and developing partnerships with government andnon-government support services, to identify and implementresponses to mitigate child protection risk (including domestic andfamily violence) for vulnerable children and their families.
- Creating opportunities to work in collaboration with otherservices to effectively link vulnerable children and families torelevant services.
- Identifying risk and assessing the needs of vulnerable childrenand families, planning and delivering focussed intervention tosafeguard children and young people within their families andcommunities to promote positive outcomes.

Special Conditions

- National Police Check required
- Employment-related Screening Check required
- Some interstate and intrastate travel may be required
- Must hold a current Australian issued driver’s licence (equivalentto minimum class C)
- Must comply with any order, direction, policy or procedure of theChief Executive or delegate to receive vaccinations

Essential Qualifications





An appropriate Social Work qualification from a recognisedtertiary institution giving eligibility for full membershipwith the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Persons of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent,who have the appropriate background and skills but do not holdthe essential qualification,may apply for and beengaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will beentitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional rolesrequiring a qualification in Social Work within the Departmentof Human Services.

DHS is committed to making our services and workplaces protected andinclusive for all people and ensuring the full diversity of thecommunities we serve are represented in our workforce, includingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people withdisability and/or neurodivergence, young people, older people,culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQA+ and genderdiverse people.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide apositive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you requireassistance with this process, please contact us [email protected] and a member of the team will get back toyou.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged toapply. We also celebrate the many strengths and skills people withdisability and/or neurodivergent people bring to our workplace andacknowledge our role in ensuring a supportive work environment forpeople with disability and/or neurodivergent people to thrivein.

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

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