Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will draw on your personal experience and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions and customs to provide high quality, culturally safe and appropriate child protection services to children, families and carers serviced by the Child Protection Act 1999.

You will support the South-East Regions implementation and operationalisation of Delegated Authority. You will work across Child Safety Service Centres and in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations, supporting the growth and expansion of Delegated Authority.

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Job details

The Cultural Practice Advisor (Delegated Authority), key responsibilities are:

• Support the implementation and operationalisation of Delegated Authority through culturally informed partnerships and action learning approach.
• Effectively and positively engage with children, families, carers and service providers (including both government and non-government agencies) to support the transition of decision making from the Department to Community Controlled Organisations to meet the cultural needs of children and families to achieve their identified case plan goals and cultural support plan goals.
• Through your knowledge of community and cultural protocols, provide individualised, high quality, and culturally appropriate advice to support a shared approach to decision making that is grounded in connection and self-determination. Facilitation of positive family connection and reunification through your knowledge of the community and cultural protocols; kinship care options; referrals and advocacy for culturally specific services; and support of transition-from-care plans.
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders, including children and parents, families and Community Controlled Organisations to support the establishment and strengthening of effective safety and support networks, including connection to extended family, community, country and culture.
• Provide high quality cultural advice and direction to assist in informing decisions about the safety needs of children, particularly where complex child protection worries are present.
• Participate effectively and provide cultural leadership in a multidisciplinary team to deliver well-planned and culturally appropriate family support services to children and families experiencing vulnerability.
• Actively contribute to a culture of continuous learning, training and professional development, to ensure practice knowledge and skills are contemporary and evidence-based. Apply the strengths based, safety-oriented Strengthening Families Protecting Children Framework for Practice when working with children and families and ensure consistency with the vision of Our Way.
• Prepare and maintain quality case records in accordance with departmental case management requirements.
• Contribute to strengthening workforce cultural capability through sharing your cultural advice, knowledge of communities, and awareness of culturally significant processes and events.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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• 604201 24 - Role Description (Word, 675KB)