Day to day
+Risk and safety assessment for children and young people`
+`Case management within statutory frameworks`
+`Family preservation and reunification work`
+`Court reports and giving evidence`
+`Working with kinship and foster carers
SOCIAL WORK CAREERS
Child protection and family services.
Child protection social workers safeguard children and young people while working to strengthen and preserve families. This is demanding, statutory practice where assessment skills, ethical judgement and cultural responsiveness matter every day.
THE WORK
What this practice looks like
Where you could work
+State child protection departments`
+`Family preservation services`
+`Out-of-home care agencies`
+`Early intervention and family support programs`
+`Aboriginal community-controlled organisations
YOUR PATHWAY
Getting there with the IHM BSW
Government child protection departments are among the largest employers of new social work graduates in Australia, with structured graduate programs in most states - including the Department of Child Protection placements in IHM's partner network.
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