Child and Family Cultural Support Worker
* Employment Term: Full-Time Maximum Term Opportunity to June 30th, 2025
* Location: Longreach
* Remuneration: $85k + 11.5 % Super + $15,900 NFP Salary Packaging
Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.
An integral part of our Remote Area Family Service, as a Child and Family Cultural Support Worker you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.
This is an identified position in line with UnitingCare’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Workforce Strategy which aims to increase the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in all areas of our organisation. For this position, it is an equal opportunity measure that applicants must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent as per section 105 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).
Your part in our UnitingCare team
We are currently seeking to appoint a Child and Family Cultural Support Worker to work as a part of our UnitingCare Qld Child and Family Team on our Remote Area Family Service servicing Longreach and surrounding areas on a Fixed Term full time until 30th June 2025 with possibility of extension for the suitable candidate.
In this role, the Remote Area Families Service Cultural Support Worker will develop and implement programs to strengthen family relationships, implement early intervention and prevention activities to enhance and support increased First Nations/ Multicultural community participation and family functioning, increase awareness of children’s wellbeing and have a holistic approach to supporting early childhood education in alignment with family and child support to nurture children to be fully prepared for learning and life. The Remote Area Families Service programs operate in Emerald, Mareeba, Mount Isa, Longreach and Charleville.
This is a remote service delivery role that is predominantly delivered in remote locations, resulting in approximately 60% of work hours spent travelling and overnighting with families to deliver support to families in rural and remote locations through mobile early childhood education and care services and information, advice and referral pathways.
What makes a difference for us?
We are seeking someone who:
* Identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
* Is a highly motivated and energetic person who has demonstrated experience working with young children, families, and communities
* Holds a Tertiary Qualification or is working towards a Diploma or higher in Children’s Services / Counselling / Community Services or similar, or is willing to study
* Has a current Queensland driver’s license
* Possesses a Blue card.
What makes a difference for you?
At UnitingCare, we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience, and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team works passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
* Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
* Save tax and increase your take-home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
* A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
* A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values, and a commitment to serving others
* Eligible employees receive 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
* Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks, and other significant cultural events
* Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
Our FaDS team is passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience, and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health, and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
Joining our FaDS team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team is compassionate, inclusive, and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
* Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
* Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
* Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of who we are, our mission, and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people, and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces, and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
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