Join Ruah's Family Services team supporting children and young people impacted by family and domestic violence. This role combines case management, child-focused support, advocacy, program delivery and service coordination within a specialist women's refuge environment.
Ruah is a leading values-driven employer in Western Australia’s community services sector. Our staff go boldly, not just supporting people in need, but working to end homelessness, end domestic violence and create opportunities for people struggling with poverty and mental health challenges.
Our professional team of operational and corporate services staff is backed by one of WA’s biggest Peer support workforces. Our staff reflect our commitment to diversity and inclusion, where difference is valued, celebrated and embraced.
By choosing to work with us, you are helping transform the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our community.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Coordinator - Children & Young People to join our Family Services Team based at our dedicated refuge for women and children.
This rewarding role supports children and young people impacted by family and domestic violence, helping them build safety, resilience, wellbeing and positive futures.
Working closely with mothers, refuge staff and external service providers, you will provide child-focused support, advocacy, case management and service coordination to address the unique needs of children and young people experiencing complex challenges. Using a trauma-informed, strengths-based and recovery-focused approach, you will support children to achieve positive developmental, educational and social outcomes.
You will also design and deliver children's activities, facilitate school holiday programs, advocate for children's rights and wellbeing, and connect families with services that promote safety, healing and long-term success.
This is a permanent full-time position, working 38hrs per week.
It is a genuine occupational qualification of this position to be female in accordance with Section 27 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.
We welcome applications from professionals with experience in child and family services, family and domestic violence, youth work, community services, social work, case management, homelessness services, mental health support, or related human services settings.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
The successful applicant will be required to hold or obtain:
If you're passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people affected by family and domestic violence and want to be part of a values-driven organisation creating lasting change, we'd love to hear from you.
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Please note applications will be assessed as they are received, and the advertisement may close prior to the closing date.
For further information, please contact:
Alison Angeleski
Service Lead
alison.angeleski@ruah.org.au
0403 673 219
We are building a workplace where difference is embraced and encouraged - and to do this, we need people on our team who are representative of the clients we work with, who are passionate about change and courageous enough to stand up for what is right. Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
We are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All applicants will undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.
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.
