Family Practitioner (IFS)
The KWY Family Practitioner is an experienced clinician responsible for delivering culturally responsive, trauma‑informed interventions to Aboriginal children, young people, and their families. The Practitioner contributes to service quality, safety, and the effective distribution of supports that respond to community needs.
The Practitioner conducts comprehensive risk assessments, implements safety planning, and provides intensive and complex case management, advocacy, and therapeutic intervention. Engagement occurs across multiple settings, including phone contact, home visits, and community‑based environments, often within a multidisciplinary team working with adults and adolescents.
Senior Placement Practitioner
The Senior Placement Practitioner is accountable to the Director for scoping placements for children and young people within residential care placements to transition back to living with family and kin. They will also be responsible for facilitating the development and implementation of projects, programs, services and systems to support the department in achieving its stated goals and strategic direction.
Senior Placement Practitioner role is responsible for enhancing capacity and the provision of effective case management, fostering good workers reporting relationships whilst providing consultation, advice and training.
Intensive Family Support Practitioner (Unborn & Infant)
We have a full-time and part-time vacancy available for an initial 12-month period, with a high likelihood of extension. YAFIN Program was funded for delivery over the next nine years.
The Young Aboriginal Families in the North (YAFIN) program provides intensive, support to young, first-time parents, working from pre-birth to up to 2 years of age.
The program focuses on:
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Preventing the removal of Aboriginal infants
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Building parenting confidence and capability
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Strengthening safe and stable home environments
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Supporting infants to remain safe, connected, and thriving
As a YAFIN Practitioner, you will deliver intensive, culturally responsive case management to young parents and families with complex needs. You will work alongside families to support safety and long-term wellbeing outcomes through practical support, advocacy, and collaborative planning.
Reunification Practitioner
The Reunification Practitioner is responsible for the implementation and support of the parents, children, young people and extended family members as stated in the Department for Child Protection Reunification Case Plan (DCP). Practitioners will provide therapeutic support, advocacy, referrals, and support reunification court, information to the biological parents referred into the reunification program by DCP.
The Practitioner is a highly experienced and competent Practitioner, who delivers dedicated support and cultural services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, allocated within the service. The Practitioner is responsible for contributing to improvements in the quality, safety and community needs-driven distribution of services that meet the safety needs of Aboriginal children, young people, and their families.
Support Facilitator – Post Care
The Post Care service is run in partnership with Relationships Australia South Australia to provide support for young people who have been under the guardianship of the Chief Executive of the Department for Child Protection. The service aims to provide short-term case management to help young people to move successfully into independence and reach their full potential. The Support Facilitator assists young people ageing out of the child protection system, to transition to independent living, with a focus on access to practical support and living skills. They help young people map their needs and concerns, plan their life trajectory, and engage natural helpers. They do this through case management and support coordination, including screening and assessment, goal setting, referrals, advocacy, brief counselling and facilitating client led decision making processes.
Expression of Interest
We’re always looking for talented people to join our dynamic and multicultural team.
If you're interested in joining KWY, please check our open Expression of Interest advertisement on Swag. We invite you to apply with a cover letter and resume detailing the roles you're interested in.
If a vacancy arises that matches your skills and experiences, a member of the KWY team will contact you directly to gain additional information.