Family Start Worker
1x Six-Month Parental Leave Cover Opportunities
- Rewarding family work opportunity
- High needs families with newborns
- Join a great team making a real difference
About the role:
As a Registered Social Worker (RSW), this is a great opportunity to develop your career and make your mark within New Zealand’s largest Pacific health and social services organisation. We are keen to get in touch with RSWs who have the right blend of expertise and enthusiasm. This 40 hour per week fixed term position for 6 months covering Parental leave is based in Henderson. It's a special opportunity for a strengths based RSW looking for an exciting new role.
Family Start is a free service for parents and caregivers who are facing challenges with parenting. The Family Start Worker’s role is to support families to become more intentional with their parenting to improve their children’s overall social, education and health outcomes.
About you:
You will have a real wish to make a difference in your community with young families and have the right expertise and have experience in working with Pacific. Key Requirements:
- Will be registered or working towards social worker registration
- Value the Family Start approach to working with families
- Know how to access community resources for families
- Culturally competent with Pacific
- Have a full NZ Drivers Licence
About us:
"We are a fast-developing organisation looking for the very best people to deliver FonoCare our special Integrated Model of Care. Under our theme Caring is our Culture, The Fono is known for raising the standards for better delivery, collaboration and outcomes in Pasifika health and social services"
Tevita Funaki - CEO The Fono
The Fono is New Zealand's largest Pasifika integrated health, community, social services and education organisation. We offer an expanding range of high-quality primary health, dental services, public health, health support, whanau ora, and social services. The Fono also has the Oceania Career Academy as a service providing, as a NZQA Category One tertiary institution, training and transitions to employment.
We lead the way in developing partnerships with the community and other providers. With links into all areas of Pasifika community life we have a unique ability to make our high quality, affordable health and social services conveniently available across our vibrant and multicultural city from eight locations and through outreach services. The term "fono" is therefore particularly suitable for our identity as its meaning reflects meetings between people. See more on www.thefono.org
Find out more / apply:
For an application form, job description or further details email or respond to this advertisement and send your details – [email protected] putting FSWH in the subject line.