Careers at FSM
Your Professional Life at FSM
Our culture is renowned within the social services sector. We know that by building a strong family culture internally, we are supporting our staff to build strong families out in the community.
Read more about our culture or check below for current vacancies.
“Please note that Family Success Matters is working through the Pay Parity process. So all of our social workers will receive the higher government salary once the process is complete.”
Current Opportunities: Vacancies for two Social Workers
Make a difference in whānau lives and your own career: Join Family Success Matters!
Passionate about empowering families and safeguarding children? Family Start, a leading child-centred home visiting programme, seeks exceptional Social Service Practitioners to join our supportive Family Success Matters team in Auckland. Embrace a career that's both personally rewarding and professionally enriching, where you'll directly impact children's health, learning, and well-being while fostering whānau independence and self-fulfillment.
Ready to:
Become a facilitator of positive change, placing child safety at the heart of everything you do?
Work directly with families in their homes, building strengths and parenting capabilities?
Advocate for children's well-being, ensuring their safety, physical and emotional health, and age-appropriate development?
Then you will thrive at Family Success Matters, where we:
Prioritise staff well-being: Enjoy our renowned work culture, parking, petrol koha, work cars, generous leave, debriefing, supervision, and comprehensive professional development support.
Invest in your growth: Access ongoing training, study leave, and ANZASW registration & competency payment.
About the business
Family Success Matters was established in 2005 to deliver the Family Start programme in south Auckland and Franklin. We now run one of the largest Family Start contracts in New Zealand and take great pride in the cultural diversity of our staff and the diverse cultural frameworks we use to deliver our social services. Family Start is a child-centred, intensive home visiting programme that focuses on improving children's health, learning and relationships, family/whanau circumstances, environment and safety. The key assessment and planning components of the programme measure progress as the whanau work towards independence and self-fulfilment.
About the role
Social Service Practitioners are facilitators of change who place child safety at the forefront.
You will be working with families directly in their homes to develop their strengths and parenting capabilities by developing individualised family plans and safety plans if required.
Children are at the heart of all we do, so you will be focused on the children's well-being, including the adequacy of care, their physical and emotional health, and age appropriate development.
Benefits and perks
Our work culture is renowned within the social services sector. We know that by building a strong family culture internally, we are supporting our staff to build strong families out in the community.
We look after our staff at FSM. We provide parking, a petrol koha, and work cars for the job. You'll enjoy birthday leave, and there's generous sick leave when you need it. Debriefing, as well as weekly Supervision to keep you resilient. Ongoing trainings, and support for your professional development with study leave as required, and payment of your ANZASW Registration & Competency.
Skills and experience
Essential:
Level 7 Degree in Social Work or humanities
Social Work registered (or working towards)
Current full driver's license
Meets Vulnerable Children's Act 2014 criteria to work with vulnerable children
Preferred:
Experience in family or home visiting services
Resilient, keen to learn, with strong planning and time management skills
Works effectively across different cultures and community networks
High standard of case noting and documentation skills
Advocacy skills and skills in accessing resources
Knowledge/awareness of Child Protection skills
Shape the future of vulnerable tamariki - Join our whānau at Family Succes Matters - Apply now!
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