Family Time Worker - Mid North Coast, Northern & New England NSW

Job Description

Family Time Worker - Mid North Coast, Northern & New England NSW Division: Northern CPPYJ Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, AU; Kempsey, NSW, AU; Tamworth, NSW, AU; Lismore, NSW, AU; Muswellbrook, NSW, AU; Tweed Heads, NSW, AU Employment type: Casual Salary: Clerk Grade 1/2: $40.26ph - $43.77ph plus casual loading & superannuation Are you passionate about supporting children and families within your community? We are looking for dedicated people who are committed to creating positive change and strengthening family connections. Your role This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new team and support DCJ in building a dedicated workforce for supervising family time. As a Family Time Worker, you'll supervise and support family time visits between children and young people in out-of-home care and their families. You’ll ensure the safety and well-being of children during these visits, transport them to various locations, and communicate effectively with everyone. Your role includes recording observations, providing basic coaching to parents, and maintaining accurate documentation in line with DCJ policies. You'll also handle administrative tasks to support team operations and ensure efficient service delivery. What you’ll do Supervise family time visits, ensuring the safety and well-being of children and young people, getting support from your Team Leader as needed. Communicate with children, young people, and families in a culturally sensitive manner to facilitate positive interactions during family time and transport. Transport children, young people, and occasionally parents or carers to various locations, including family time visits. Record observations and prepare documentation following supervised visits, ensuring accuracy and adherence to DCJ guidelines. Support administrative tasks to contribute to the efficient operation of the team and service delivery. What we’re looking for Effective Communication: Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with children, young people, and families, while maintaining professional boundaries. Cultural Understanding: Demonstrated understanding and respect for cultural differences, with experience in culturally sensitive interactions. Organisational Skills: Strong skills in documentation and administrative tasks, with experience using relevant technology and maintaining accurate records. Resilience and Adaptability: Ability to manage stress-related behaviour and navigate complex family dynamics while maintaining a professional demeanour. DCJ works with families and children from a diverse group of cultures and backgrounds. We encourage applications from Māori, Lebanese, Arabic speaking, Filipino, Vietnamese, Samoan, Fijian, Tongan, Chinese, Indian subcontinent, Spanish speaking, Italian, Greek & Thai people. Language skills are desirable. Current NSW driver’s licence Working with Children Check clearance. First aid certificate, or willingness to obtain one before commencing in role. The role may require some evening and weekend work. Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/clearances: National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014 Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012. If you are viewing this ad in Seek and wish to apply via their portal, you will be required to either set up a profile or login via your existing Seek account. To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button. We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you. What We Offer A challenging and rewarding career. Flexible, autonomous work environment. Competitive pay and conditions. Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities. Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs. Ability to progress to other roles in the department. Applications close: Monday 10th February 2025 at 11:59pm AEST If you would like to hear more about the team and role as well as the recruitment process, join us for one of our upcoming information sessions by registering below. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have during the session. Session 1: Tuesday 28th January 2025 (5:30pm AEST) - Click HERE to register Session 2 (Yarn Up for our Aboriginal Candidates): Wednesday 29th January 2025 (5:30pm AEST) - Click HERE to register For more information about what it’s like to work for DCJ as a Family Time Worker, please see the DCJ Family Time website. For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the Family Time Team on 02 9765 1924 or at If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Kirsten Wafer on 02 9765 3844 or via Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit. We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months. Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr