Join a community-focused organisation and work with passionate professionals in a supportive environment, with opportunities for professional growth.

• Position Type: Full Time
• Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW
• Pay details-Salary packaging: Hourly rate of $44.58 to $47.97 (SCHADS 4.1-4.4) + 12% superannuation and salary packaging up to $15,900 per year.

About us:

Anglicare is a leading provider of community services across the ACT and regional, rural NSW. We are committed to delivering impactful programs that support children, families, and older people. We are a Child-Safe Organisation, whose work is grounded in compassion, innovation, and a commitment to excellence facilitated within the trauma-informed Sanctury Model®.

About the Role

Anglicare NSW is seeking a Carer Support Practitioner to join our team in Wagga in an ongoing capacity. You will be working to grow and develop our pool of authorised carers through undertaking carer recruitment activities, assessments, and organisation of Carer training programs to ensure they can provide therapeutic parenting to children and young people.

You will work closely with Foster and Kinship Carers alongside the Permanency Support Program (PSP) Foster and Kinship Care Team to support high-quality care arrangements for children and young people.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Carer Support Practitioner, you will:

• Develop and execute community engagement strategies and partnerships for carer recruitment.
• Participate in foster and kinship carer assessment interviews and activities.
• Contribute to annual carer reviews and home inspections
• Assist in organising carer events, including training sessions.
• Carry out quarterly carer supervision
• Assist in implementing Therapeutic Response Plans, especially with carers.

What you will bring:

• A Diploma in Community Services, human services, social work, or welfare or equivalent.
• Experience in working in the Out of Home Care, Child Protection or Youth and Families industries
• Experience in culturally strengths-based practice with Aboriginal people, families, and communities.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in Step by Step training and assessment
• Experience in Shared Lives training and assessment

Applications close: 30 January 2026

To address role related queries, please contact the Recruitment team at recruitment@anglicare.com.au.

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West, ACT is a child-safe organisation.
All applicants are required to hold a current Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) card for the ACT and a Working with Children Check (WWCC) for NSW.

Applicants may be required to undertake the psychometric profiling instrument. Additionally, a satisfactory National Criminal History Check will be conducted by the Anglicare team as part of the recruitment process.

You can find out more about us on our website- LinkedIn and Facebook pages.

Join us at Anglicare (NSW South, West & ACT) and make a real difference in the lives of children and families in your community.