Skip to content

Open nowPosted 2 days ago

Family Visit Worker - Foster Care

anglicare72 open roles

Where
Anglicare Telopea Office, Telopea
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowFamily Visit Worker - Foster Careanglicare · Anglicare Telopea Office, Telopea
  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on anglicare's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.7% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. anglicare postings stay open a median of 11 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.7%7 days
  4. 20.4%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.7%60 days
This job: posted 2 days ago

anglicare median: 11 days open

The posting

Transform lives, every single day

Do you want a career that means more? At Anglicare Sydney, we bring the strength, the support and the strategy to make it happen.

We're a well-respected not-for-profit that's been serving people in need for over 170 years. Each year, we achieve life-changing outcomes for thousands of people who rely on our person-centred support.

As our Family Visit Worker, you'll play an important role in helping children and young people in foster care maintain meaningful connections with their families.

Through safe, supervised family visits, you'll create opportunities for children and families to spend time together while ensuring the safety, wellbeing and individual needs of each child remain at the centre of everything you do.

Be welcomed into a compassionate, respectful and purpose-driven community where we don't just talk about values – we live them.

Your opportunity

Working within our Foster Care, Adoption & Family Support team, you'll facilitate and supervise family visits between children in foster care and their birth families.

You'll support children to feel safe and comfortable throughout visits, build positive relationships with families and foster carers, and respond appropriately to any concerns that arise.

You'll also play an important role in documenting family interactions, providing clear, accurate and objective observations to support case managers in making informed decisions about children's ongoing care and wellbeing.

With integrity and compassion, you will:

  • Facilitate and fully supervise family visits, ensuring a safe, supportive and child-focused environment.
  • Safely transport children and young people to and from scheduled family visits.
  • Build positive and professional relationships with children, birth families, foster carers and relevant stakeholders.
  • Observe family interactions, assess potential safety concerns and intervene appropriately when required.
  • Prepare timely, accurate and unbiased reports of family visits, communicating any concerns or follow-up matters to the relevant Case Manager and Provide transport to children and support work as approriate

What you'll bring

You're a compassionate, resilient and emotionally mature professional who understands the importance of family connections in a child's life.

You can build rapport with children and families from diverse backgrounds while maintaining clear professional boundaries and keeping children's safety and wellbeing at the forefront.

You'll bring strong observational skills, sound judgement and the confidence to remain calm and respond appropriately in challenging or unexpected situations.

You also understand that family visits can be emotionally complex and require sensitivity, patience and the ability to communicate respectfully with everyone involved.

What's required

  • A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Child Welfare or Community Services, or currently studying towards one of these qualifications.
  • Knowledge of the child protection system, children’s developmental needs, attachment and developmental trauma.
  • Demonstrated ability to build rapport and positive relationships with children and families.
  • Strong observational, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, factual and unbiased reports.
  • An unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence and confidence transporting children across Sydney.

What's preferred

  • Experience working with children, young people or families in foster care, child protection or community services.
  • Experience facilitating or supervising family contact visits.
  • Understanding of trauma-informed and child-centred approaches to working with vulnerable children and families.

You'll also share our organisational values of integrity, justice, compassion and excellence, embedding them in everything you do.

The successful candidate will be required to satisfy relevant pre-employment checks, including a Police Check and Working with Children Check.

Why Anglicare?

We provide meaningful opportunities and choice, both for the individuals and communities we support and the dedicated people here who make it happen.

At Anglicare, you'll get the security, stability and opportunities that come with a strong, well-established organisation that's ready for the future. You'll belong to a community of kind, humble and respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds. You will also be supported to gain new knowledge, deepen your experience and expertise, and shape a rewarding career.

On top of that, here are just some of the tangible benefits you may enjoy in a career with us:

  • Flexible work options, where available, to help balance work and life.
  • Salary packaging options that can increase your take-home pay, subject to eligibility.
  • Ongoing professional development, training and supervision.
  • Exclusive discounts across hundreds of retailers.
  • Employee Assistance Program and access to wellbeing benefits, subject to eligibility.

We're many services, with one purpose – to meet people where they are and walk with them. At Anglicare, we believe everyone is Made for Connection, with God, with each other and with the places we call home.

Within Foster Care, Adoption & Family Support, connection takes on a particularly meaningful role. As a Family Visit Worker, you'll help children maintain important family relationships while supporting their safety, wellbeing and sense of belonging.

Every interaction matters, and your contribution can make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families.

Are you ready for a career that means more?

To apply for this role, please click the 'Apply' button and submit your application.

All applicants will receive a response.

Anglicare is as wonderfully diverse as the customers and communities we support. While we are guided by our Christian-based values, our team includes people of all faiths and backgrounds who share our commitment to serving others, and we value the diverse perspectives they bring.

Anglicare is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and has zero tolerance for child abuse.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Application Close Date: November 27, 2026

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against anglicare's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.
  3. We apply on anglicare's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.
  4. Every reply, sorted

    anglicare's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.
  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.