Careers and Current Job Vacancies

Children with Complex Disability Needs Worker

• Help prevent children with a disability require care outside the family home because of their disability complex support needs by building family and parenting capacity.
• To help parents navigate the NDIS, advocating for plans that contain parenting and disability supports that will help maintain the sustainability of care or support family reunification, where possible.
• Support the continuation of the relationship between children and their family’s when they are in care, and continue to build family capability with the aim of maximising the potential for the child to return home, where appropriate.
• Support the return of children to family or into non-residential care arrangements, including providing ongoing support, and continuing to engage periodically to provide additional support as required to prevent a return of the child into care.
• Build the ongoing capacity of family services practitioners to support families to navigate the NDIS to receive timely access to disability supports.
• Build relationships with local disability services, such as Special Disability Schools, to encourage the early identification and early support of families where the complexity of the disability support needs is likely to cause increased family pressure.
• To support NDIS participation of children residing voluntarily in residential care, or at risk of requiring care due to complex disability support needs.

• A person employed as a Children with Complex Disability Needs Worker will be required to hold an accredited qualification relevant to the position at Degree Level or above, have a passion and commitment for supporting children and families across the child and family support/child protection continuum and ideally have transferrable practice experience in the sector or similar fields.
• Diploma level qualification in relevant field may be considered, on the proviso that the applicant will commit to undertake further Tertiary studies with the support of the Organisation.
• Demonstrated ability as a Case Manager in the Disability, Child, Youth and Family welfare field.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with families and successfully providing outreach services, sometimes in a difficult or stressful context.
• Demonstrated experience supporting children and young people with complex needs related to their disability implementing positive behaviour support.
• Demonstrated experience providing a trauma informed approach with families experiencing shame and grief related to caring for their child with a Disability.
• A current drivers licence, a willingness to travel and preparedness to be accommodated overnight when required.