Case Worker - Families First
- Kalgoorlie based role
- Full time position
- 5 days extra leave (5 weeks in total!) plus many more generous NFP benefits
Respect, Excellence, Celebration, Compassion, Acceptance, Professionalism.
Join an organisation that makes a real difference within the community.
About Centrecare
Centrecare is a not-for-profit organisation with just over 300 employees and is committed to delivering quality professional counselling, support, accommodation, mediation and training services in over 11 locations across the Perth metropolitan, Goldfields and South West regions.
The Role
The Families First service will provide culturally appropriate, child-centered early intervention, which will increase protective factors and bring about attitudinal and behavioral change in children, young people and their families.
The families first Case Worker will provide accessible, responsive, high quality, integrated case work, education and community services to support families, children and young people who are showing early signs of, or at risk of developing mental illness to improve their wellbeing and enable better participation within their communities.
A few specifics:
- Provide integrated case work, education and community services to support families, children and young people
- Arrange referrals to agencies and services for clients to access appropriate specialist services and support groups.
- Assist families to enhance their skills and capacity to care for their children through providing information on parenting and health programs
- Assist families to identify and strengthen kinship networks, cultural connections, and family relationships
- Provide individual and group support facilitation that is culturally sensitive to the needs and learning styles of families and children
- Work within the Goldfields region on outreach, doing home-visits, working in schools, Aboriginal community centres, and any other venue where the service can be more accessible to vulnerable families and children in their communities
Benefits
- Access to corporate health cover provided for by Bupa and Medibank Private
- Salary packaging options up to $15,900
- Annual leave loading at 17.5%
- Extra 5 days annual leave per year
- Access to professional development training
- Insurance cover to and from work
- Employee Assistance Program
- Reduced mortgage interest rates through Catholic Super
- Zone allowance for regional staff
- All Centrecare employed Aboriginal staff are provided with cultural support through the Cultural Leads
How to Apply
Click on apply and attach your up-to-date Resume and Cover Letter
Position closes: 5 April 2026
Shortlisting will commence straightaway, Centrecare reserves the right to close the position early if needed.
Should you have any queries, please contact Human Resources on (08) 9288 2244
At Centrecare:
Children feel Valued, Heard, and Safe: Centrecare is fully committed to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, child safe cultures and practices. harm. Centrecare also believes that all children are valuable and worthy of respect. It strongly supports the rights of the child and is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children who are in contact with or receive its services.
We are Inclusive: We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart: We are committed to walking alongside First Nations people to support a more inclusive Australia and Closing the Gap. All Centrecare employed Aboriginal staff are provided with cultural support through the Cultural Leads.
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