About us…
KWY is an award-winning Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation delivering culturally grounded programs that support Aboriginal people, families and communities to create positive, lasting change.
Since 2011, KWY has worked to break the cycle of domestic and family violence, strengthen family wellbeing, and reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system. Our services span family support, youth work, men’s behaviour change, kinship care, reunification, social and emotional wellbeing, research, and workforce development.
Supporting more than 2,300 families each year, KWY offers a collaborative, values-driven workplace where your work makes a genuine difference in the lives of Aboriginal families and communities.
About the position...
The Reintegration Specialist is based at the Cavan workplace and works with men transitioning from the prison system back into the community. This includes providing case management informed by a
comprehensive assessment (including a safety and risk assessment). Identified individual needs inform a tailored case plan incorporating short- and long-term goals. The case plan also outlines roles, responsibilities and timelines for achieving agreed outcomes.
The Reintegration Specialist undertakes assessment and case planning; provides referrals to appropriate in-house and external services; advocates on behalf of participants; supports goal setting; and assists with prioritising tasks in line with the service model.
The Reintegration Specialist is expected to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal staff and external services, departments, agencies and service providers, including the Department for Correctional Services, Workskil, SA Housing Trust, and other non-government
and government organisations.
Assist participants to identify their individual needs through the provision of a comprehensive intake and assessment process and work with other contracted supports to prioritise.
We offer a part-time vacancy (0.8 FTE) on fixed-term contract until October 2026.
About you...
The successful applicant will possess skills, experience, and knowledge in working with Aboriginal people to address the needs of people who are experiencing high levels of need and disadvantage.
The applicant will operate within a therapeutic, trauma-informed framework. The applicant would have
demonstrated knowledge of case management and working with Aboriginal families and a strong understanding of the Criminal Justice System.
What we offer...
Job requirements...
Desirable:
Educational/Vocational Qualifications
Personal Abilities/Aptitudes/Skills
Experience
Knowledge
About applying...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
