Birthing in Our Community Family Support Specialist (BiOC)
Core
Provide culturally safe, holistic case management and wraparound support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.
Role type
Senior Family Support Specialist (Case Management)
Builds
Family capacity, community connections, and child safety outcomes through coordinated health, social, and therapeutic services.
Domain
Indigenous health, child protection, and community services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Holistic case management, micro-counselling, evidence-based health promotion, safety assessment, legislative knowledge, stakeholder engagement, resource coordination
Preferred skills
Coaching staff on client interventions, creating social work theoretical frameworks, navigating legislative grey zones
Technologies
Narrative Assessment Tools, systems panel coordination
Responsibilities
Deliver targeting interventions to help families regulate stress and cope with pressures; Facilitate culturally appropriate parenting education and health promotion; Conduct safety assessments for domestic violence, self-harm, and child abuse; Coordinate care across pregnancy, birth, and postnatal stages with midwives and medical providers; Ensure children meet developmental milestones via access to paediatric and allied health services; Coordinate enrolment in kindergarten and early years playgroups; Facilitate access to preventative health and dental assessments; Connect families to specialist treatment for substance misuse and family violence.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities