FLORENCE LULU CAIRD

• Attend Leadership meetings fortnightly with House Manager, Senior Practice Development Officer, Senior Managers and Managers of the Residential Care Homes x 12, Casual Relief Managers, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, Director Residential Care South, Director Residential Care North, Director Secure Care, Director Statewide Services, Senior Consultant Psychologist. Reflective Practice session lead by the Senior Consultant Psychologist inclusive of all staff participation within a safe environment to vent of positive or negative impacts experienced. Followed by agenda items to be discussed.
• Attend Professional Development Meetings lead by House Managers with staff, within Residential Care Homes of which there are 14 in the metropolitan region and 9 in regional Western Australia, as requested by House Managers. Cultural agenda items are openly discussed with staff in a safe learning space, with a purpose to develop and enhance staff's cultural knowledge, to be able to work inir cultural therapeutic ways of engagement with Indigenous young persons within the home.
• Participate in Residential Care Plan meetings for Indigenous young children 9-18years old, in Chief Executive Officer care within Department of Communities Child Protection and Family Support, every three months as per Case Practice Manual and policy. Provide cultural consultations and recommendation for Indigenous young person(s) within Residential Care Services who are case managed by districts within the state as guided by the Aboriginal Services Framework; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Child Placement Principles.
• Participate in the statewide Aboriginal Leadership Network.
• Participates constructively in and positively to achieve results as a member for the District Leadership Team. Together with the District Leadership Team develop and champion the District's Aboriginal Practice Network. Utilise the Aboriginal Practice Network to introduce a results based focus for Aboriginal children, raise, issues, seek local solutions and develop action plans on Aboriginal services.
• Contributes to discussion and assessment and on-going case-management relating to Aboriginal children within residential care services and secure care.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress and outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress an outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Provides advice on complaints from Aboriginal families about work practices. Facilitates avenues for staff to address work practice complaints at a local level. Provide departmental resources about complaints process procedures to Aboriginal community.
• Provides advise on complex case matters. Being involved in all Aboriginal contentious cases being case managed by districts whereby the aboriginal young person is a resident within Residential Care Services. Liaise with Psychologists to provide a cultural consult on complex cases where Aboriginal young persons are presenting with daily disregulated behaviours and use of violence, verbal abuse is frequent. The cultural consult provides background analysis of the Aboriginal young persons cultural heritage and the Cultural Support Plan is viewed and information obtained to better understand the cultural background of the young person. A timeline of significant traumatic events trauma i.e. placement moves is mapped chronologically from the intake into the departments care to current placement with Residential Care. The consult also maps notable behaviours and patterns of behaviour, what strategies have worked and strategies that the Psychologist can impart and share with care workers to assist them incorporate towards the healing journey of the young person in identifying their triggers and providing self-care strategies. Information gleaned within the cultural consult is compiled by the Aboriginal Practice Leader and filed by the Psychologist on the young persons file.
• Participates in continuous learning and integration of Aboriginal ways in key frameworks such as Better Care Better Services, Western Australia Residential Care Framework; Individual Crisis Support Plan; Residential Care Plans; Trauma Assessment Profiles.
• Develops and implements cultural learning strategies that assist Residential Care Services and Secure Care in providing high level cultural service to Aboriginal children. The Aboriginal Practice Leader facilitates Cultural Training over the course of the year to all staff namely' Cultural Responsiveness and Culturally Safe Practices' to provide continuous cultural learning and integration of cultural responsiveness in a culturally safe manner to develop and enhance staffs cultural competence.
• Implements with the Senior Practice Development Officer, a cultural learning case assessment process for the district to assess how the district is dealing with Aboriginal families.
• Oversees Care plans and the Cultural Support Plan for Aboriginal children. Ensuring Cultural Plans are completed and updated yearly as per Case Practice Policy.
• Provides support and links with Aboriginal stakeholders, non-government organisations and local community. Establishing partnerships with key departmental and Non-Government organisations that are accessed by the department. Establish partnerships and key departmental and non-government stakeholders as appropriate. Identifies the range, number and nature of issues/services provided by non-government organisations.
• Provide support coaching and mentoring to Aboriginal staff, Psychologist and other staff in Senior support roles on Aboriginal issues. Develop strategies and processes that support Aboriginal staff together with appropriate line managers.
• Gain a sound knowledge of the non-government organisations (NGO) and their functions and services for child protection namely residential care services.
• Performs other duties as required. Represent Residential Care Services and Secure Care at key forums as directed by the Director South and North of Residential Care Services & Director of Secure Care.
• Residential Care Services & Secure Care

Statewide Services | Community Services

• Reform Team – consisting of the Executive Director, Director, Strategic Policy and Planning Officer, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director to provide cultural recommendation and consultation on strategic matters within policy and legislation to enhance cultural safety across Residential Care Services and Secure Care.
• Participate in the Communities Leadership Team meetings and attend quarterly forums held by al Executive team members across Department of Communities statewide.
• Assist the Executive Director at Forums to facilitate power-point presentations on related topics to staff within Residential Care Services and Secure Care.
• Attend monthly Senior Leadership meetings with the Senior Executive team to discuss progress reports, and provide feedback to the Executive Director on initiatives and key markers completed.
• Attend Leadership meetings fortnightly with House Manager, Senior Practice Development Officer, Senior Managers and Managers of the Residential Care Homes x 12, Casual Relief Managers, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, Director Residential Care South, Director Residential Care North, Director Secure Care, Director Statewide Services, Senior Consultant Psychologist. Reflective Practice session lead by the Senior Consultant Psychologist inclusive of all staff participation within a safe environment to vent of positive or negative impacts experienced. Followed by agenda items to be discussed.
• Attend Professional Development Meetings lead by House Managers with staff, within Residential Care Homes of which there are 14 in the metropolitan region and 9 in regional Western Australia, as requested by House Managers. Cultural agenda items are openly discussed with staff in a safe learning space, with a purpose to develop and enhance staff's cultural knowledge, to be able to work inir cultural therapeutic ways of engagement with Indigenous young persons within the home.
• Participate in Residential Care Plan meetings for Indigenous young children 9-18years old, in Chief Executive Officer care within Department of Communities Child Protection and Family Support, every three months as per Case Practice Manual and policy. Provide cultural consultations and recommendation for Indigenous young person(s) within Residential Care Services who are case managed by districts within the state as guided by the Aboriginal Services Framework; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Child Placement Principles.
• Participate in the statewide Aboriginal Leadership Network.
• Participates constructively in and positively to achieve results as a member for the District Leadership Team. Together with the District Leadership Team develop and champion the District's Aboriginal Practice Network. Utilise the Aboriginal Practice Network to introduce a results based focus for Aboriginal children, raise, issues, seek local solutions and develop action plans on Aboriginal services.
• Contributes to discussion and assessment and on-going case-management relating to Aboriginal children within residential care services and secure care.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress and outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress an outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Provides advice on complaints from Aboriginal families about work practices. Facilitates avenues for staff to address work practice complaints at a local level. Provide departmental resources about complaints process procedures to Aboriginal community.
• Provides advise on complex case matters. Being involved in all Aboriginal contentious cases being case managed by districts whereby the aboriginal young person is a resident within Residential Care Services. Liaise with Psychologists to provide a cultural consult on complex cases where Aboriginal young persons are presenting with daily disregulated behaviours and use of violence, verbal abuse is frequent. The cultural consult provides background analysis of the Aboriginal young persons cultural heritage and the Cultural Support Plan is viewed and information obtained to better understand the cultural background of the young person. A timeline of significant traumatic events trauma i.e. placement moves is mapped chronologically from the intake into the departments care to current placement with Residential Care. The consult also maps notable behaviours and patterns of behaviour, what strategies have worked and strategies that the Psychologist can impart and share with care workers to assist them incorporate towards the healing journey of the young person in identifying their triggers and providing self-care strategies. Information gleaned within the cultural consult is compiled by the Aboriginal Practice Leader and filed by the Psychologist on the young persons file.
• Participates in continuous learning and integration of Aboriginal ways in key frameworks such as Better Care Better Services, Western Australia Residential Care Framework; Individual Crisis Support Plan; Residential Care Plans; Trauma Assessment Profiles.
• Develops and implements cultural learning strategies that assist Residential Care Services and Secure Care in providing high level cultural service to Aboriginal children. The Aboriginal Practice Leader facilitates Cultural Training over the course of the year to all staff namely' Cultural Responsiveness and Culturally Safe Practices' to provide continuous cultural learning and integration of cultural responsiveness in a culturally safe manner to develop and enhance staffs cultural competence.
• Implements with the Senior Practice Development Officer, a cultural learning case assessment process for the district to assess how the district is dealing with Aboriginal families.
• Oversees Care plans and the Cultural Support Plan for Aboriginal children. Ensuring Cultural Plans are completed and updated yearly as per Case Practice Policy.
• Provides support and links with Aboriginal stakeholders, non-government organisations and local community. Establishing partnerships with key departmental and Non-Government organisations that are accessed by the department. Establish partnerships and key departmental and non-government stakeholders as appropriate. Identifies the range, number and nature of issues/services provided by non-government organisations.
• Provide support coaching and mentoring to Aboriginal staff, Psychologist and other staff in Senior support roles on Aboriginal issues. Develop strategies and processes that support Aboriginal staff together with appropriate line managers.
• Gain a sound knowledge of the non-government organisations (NGO) and their functions and services for child protection namely residential care services.
• Performs other duties as required. Represent Residential Care Services and Secure Care at key forums as directed by the Director South and North of Residential Care Services & Director of Secure Care.

• Attend Leadership meetings fortnightly with House Manager, SPDO – Senior Practice Development Officer, Senior Managers and Managers, Casual Relief Managers, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, Director Residential Care South, Director Residential Care North, Director Secure Care, Director Statewide Services, Senior Consultant Psychologist.
• Form the Project

Project NAIDOC 2023

• Strengthened relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication and collaboration on mutually beneficial projects or initiatives.
• Emailed staff seeking Expressions of Interest of person(s) interested in being part of the NAIDOC Working Group
• Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
• The NAIDOC Working Group was formed to implement the NAIDOC Day, liaise with Business Manager and other internal stakeholders in arranging the events of the day by providing shared knowledge and guidance.
• Provide updated correspondence on each meeting held fortnightly prior to the event.
• Seek inclusion on decision making of budget, forward emails to all parties on the NAIDOC Working Group of quotes provided from external stakeholder i.e. Bunnings, Cockburn Cement, Soils aint Soils.
• Attend Leadership meetings fortnightly with House Manager, Senior Practice Development Officer, Senior Managers and Managers of the Residential Care Homes x 12, Casual Relief Managers, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, Director Residential Care South, Director Residential Care North, Director Secure Care, Director Statewide Services, Senior Consultant Psychologist. Reflective Practice session lead by the Senior Consultant Psychologist inclusive of all staff participation within a safe environment to vent of positive or negative impacts experienced. Followed by agenda items to be discussed.
• Attend Professional Development Meetings lead by House Managers with staff, within Residential Care Homes of which there are 14 in the metropolitan region and 9 in regional Western Australia, as requested by House Managers. Cultural agenda items are openly discussed with staff in a safe learning space, with a purpose to develop and enhance staff's cultural knowledge, to be able to work inir cultural therapeutic ways of engagement with Indigenous young persons within the home.
• Participate in Residential Care Plan meetings for Indigenous young children 9-18years old, in Chief Executive Officer care within Department of Communities Child Protection and Family Support, every three months as per Case Practice Manual and policy. Provide cultural consultations and recommendation for Indigenous young person(s) within Residential Care Services who are case managed by districts within the state as guided by the Aboriginal Services Framework; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Child Placement Principles.
• Participate in the statewide Aboriginal Leadership Network.
• Participates constructively in and positively to achieve results as a member for the District Leadership Team. Together with the District Leadership Team develop and champion the District's Aboriginal Practice Network. Utilise the Aboriginal Practice Network to introduce a results based focus for Aboriginal children, raise, issues, seek local solutions and develop action plans on Aboriginal services.
• Contributes to discussion and assessment and on-going case-management relating to Aboriginal children within residential care services and secure care.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress and outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress an outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Provides advice on complaints from Aboriginal families about work practices. Facilitates avenues for staff to address work practice complaints at a local level. Provide departmental resources about complaints process procedures to Aboriginal community.
• Provides advise on complex case matters. Being involved in all Aboriginal contentious cases being case managed by districts whereby the aboriginal young person is a resident within Residential Care Services. Liaise with Psychologists to provide a cultural consult on complex cases where Aboriginal young persons are presenting with daily disregulated behaviours and use of violence, verbal abuse is frequent. The cultural consult provides background analysis of the Aboriginal young persons cultural heritage and the Cultural Support Plan is viewed and information obtained to better understand the cultural background of the young person. A timeline of significant traumatic events trauma i.e. placement moves is mapped chronologically from the intake into the departments care to current placement with Residential Care. The consult also maps notable behaviours and patterns of behaviour, what strategies have worked and strategies that the Psychologist can impart and share with care workers to assist them incorporate towards the healing journey of the young person in identifying their triggers and providing self-care strategies. Information gleaned within the cultural consult is compiled by the Aboriginal Practice Leader and filed by the Psychologist on the young persons file.
• Participates in continuous learning and integration of Aboriginal ways in key frameworks such as Better Care Better Services, Western Australia Residential Care Framework; Individual Crisis Support Plan; Residential Care Plans; Trauma Assessment Profiles.
• Develops and implements cultural learning strategies that assist Residential Care Services and Secure Care in providing high level cultural service to Aboriginal children. The Aboriginal Practice Leader facilitates Cultural Training over the course of the year to all staff namely' Cultural Responsiveness and Culturally Safe Practices' to provide continuous cultural learning and integration of cultural responsiveness in a culturally safe manner to develop and enhance staffs cultural competence.
• Implements with the Senior Practice Development Officer, a cultural learning case assessment process for the district to assess how the district is dealing with Aboriginal families.
• Oversees Care plans and the Cultural Support Plan for Aboriginal children. Ensuring Cultural Plans are completed and updated yearly as per Case Practice Policy.
• Provides support and links with Aboriginal stakeholders, non-government organisations and local community. Establishing partnerships with key departmental and Non-Government organisations that are accessed by the department. Establish partnerships and key departmental and non-government stakeholders as appropriate. Identifies the range, number and nature of issues/services provided by non-government organisations.
• Provide support coaching and mentoring to Aboriginal staff, Psychologist and other staff in Senior support roles on Aboriginal issues. Develop strategies and processes that support Aboriginal staff together with appropriate line managers.
• Gain a sound knowledge of the non-government organisations (NGO) and their functions and services for child protection namely residential care services.
• Performs other duties as required. Represent Residential Care Services and Secure Care at key forums as directed by the Director South and North of Residential Care Services & Director of Secure Care.

• Attend and participate in the Pilbara Executive Team meetings with Senior Leadership members being Regional Executive Director, Director, Assistant Director and Team Leaders. This meeting was scheduled monthly with a focused agenda of items to be discussed and initiatives being implemented, agreeable from the Senior Leadership team.
• Attend and participate in the Department of Communities Leadership meetings held fortnightly on a Monday, with Director, Assistant Director and Team Leaders from different areas within the department.
• Attend and participate in the Team Supervision meetings held fortnightly with my line Manager. The meetings provided updates on my caseload, improvements to be made with consultations achieved with each case, trajectory of how they were progressing.
• Participate in Residential Care Plan meetings for Indigenous young children 9-18years old, in Chief Executive Officer care within Department of Communities Child Protection and Family Support, every three months as per Case Practice Manual and policy. Provide cultural consultations and recommendation for Indigenous young person(s) within Residential Care Services who are case managed by districts within the state as guided by the Aboriginal Services Framework; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Child Placement Principles.
• Participate in the statewide Aboriginal Leadership Network.
• Participates constructively in and positively to achieve results as a member for the District Leadership Team. Together with the District Leadership Team develop and champion the District's Aboriginal Practice Network. Utilise the Aboriginal Practice Network to introduce a results based focus for Aboriginal children, raise, issues, seek local solutions and develop action plans on Aboriginal services.
• Contributes to discussion and assessment and on-going case-management relating to Aboriginal children within the district.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress and outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Develop and maintain systems by which information relating to progress an outcomes of Aboriginal cases can be readily available at a District level.
• Provides advice on complaints from Aboriginal families about work practices. Facilitates avenues for staff to address work practice complaints at a local level. Provide departmental resources about complaints process procedures to Aboriginal community.
• Provides advise on complex case matters. Being involved in all Aboriginal contentious cases being case managed by districts. Liaise with Psychologists to provide a cultural consult on complex cases where Aboriginal young persons are presenting with daily disregulated behaviours and use of violence, verbal abuse is frequent. Information gleaned within the cultural consult is compiled by the Aboriginal Practice Leader and filed by the Psychologist on the young persons file.
• Participates in continuous learning and integration of Aboriginal ways in key frameworks such as Signs of Safety.
• Develops and implements cultural learning strategies that assist district staff in providing high level cultural service to Aboriginal children. The Aboriginal Practice Leader facilitates Cultural Training over the course of the year to all staff to provide continuous cultural learning and integration of cultural responsiveness in a culturally safe manner to develop and enhance staffs cultural competence.
• Implements with the Senior Practice Development Officer, a cultural learning case assessment process for the district to assess how the district is dealing with Aboriginal families.
• Oversees Care plans and the Cultural Support Plan for Aboriginal children. Ensuring Cultural Plans are completed and updated yearly as per Case Practice Policy.
• Provides support and links with Aboriginal stakeholders, non-government organisations and local community. Establishing partnerships with key departmental and Non-Government organisations that are accessed by the department. Establish partnerships and key departmental and non-government stakeholders as appropriate. Identifies the range, number and nature of issues/services provided by non-government organisations.
• Provide support coaching and mentoring to Aboriginal staff, Psychologist and other staff in Senior support roles on Aboriginal issues. Develop strategies and processes that support Aboriginal staff together with appropriate line managers.
• Gain a sound knowledge of the non-government organisations (NGO) and their functions and services for child protection namely residential care services.
• Performs other duties as required. Represent the district at key forums as directed by the Director Director.

• Intensive in-home service delivery to Mothers and babies from 0-12 months old in line with the Best Beginnings Plus Casework Practice Manual for entries and program guidelines
• Provide a culturally appropriate personal service in maternal and paternal parenting skills
• Monitor health related issues during pregnancy and infancy
• Monitor and access child development and nutrition
• Promote a safe and healthy home environment for mother and infant
• Observing parent/infant interaction; social, physical and intellectual development
• Provide guidance on financial management
• Be able to provide guidance to the mother with problem solving of areas with mother crafting skills that may be observed to be a weakness and show options for effective coping strategies with the baby
• Work within the home environment empowering parents to reach positive goals with their mother crafting skills
• Assist conveying parents with children requiring medical treatment to medical appointments and liaising between parents, medical staff and other external agencies as required in aid to keep babies thriving in a healthy and happy home environment
• Liaising with Team Leaders, Child Protection Workers and Field Officers and other external agencies with interactions and complaints received
• Build Safety with Family Connections and Networks

• Liaise with parents/carers/guardians of children who have issues with criminal activity, truancy and anti-social behaviour in reaching common goals to rectify behaviours.
• Work within the home environment empowering parents to reach positive goals.
• Promote a safe and wellbeing home environment for families.
• Assist conveying parents with children requiring medical treatment to medical appointments and liaising between parents, medical staff and other external agencies as required.
• Liaising with Team Leaders, Child Protection Workers and Field Officers and other external agencies with interactions and complaints received.
• Work with parents and family members to identify, engage and use safe family, other community members and supports to increase the safety of the children in the family.
• Refer parents and significant family members to relevant services and community resources, that will strengthen the family’s capacity to provide safe care.
• Maintain a current working knowledge and relationship with local support services that can assist aboriginal families.
• Work with parents and family members to identify safe, suitable family members to care for the child should the department require out of home care.
• Cultural advice and Support
• Provides advice and co-work support, where necessary, to their District staff to support their engagement with Aboriginal children and families.
• Providing advice and expertise to District Staff on Aboriginal Intensive Family Support issues.
• Provides or arranges for services to families that will address child protection issue and strengthen family functioning in-line with the case plan. This includes referrals to appropriate agencies based on assessed family needs and available resources.
• Develops parents understanding of the worries of the Department and supports parents to determine what needs to happen to address the safety of their children.
• Engages Aboriginal children, community and families using Intensive Family Support approach and practices. Participates and/or facilitates family meetings.
• Provides assessment, planning and intervention at an advanced level to individuals and communities with a service delivery team.
• Develops and demonstrates expertise in case work and child protection methods.
• Provides and appropriate consultative and support service to field staff and service providers.
• Researches and reviews and evaluates specific areas of service delivery practice and provides advice to line managers on trends.
• Contributes to the development of service delivery standards and procedures.
• Undertakes field work duties of a complex nature delivering services in accordance with departmental legislation, policies and procedures.
• Inter-Agency and Community Collaboration.
• Maintains connections and shares information with other government and non-government agencies that may have a statutory role or are providing a service to the Department in protecting children and assisting them with their education and health.
• Networks and liaises with appropriate cultural and indigenous services and communities that provide an identity for the Aboriginal children or family the Department is working with towards a goal of strengthening functioning.
• Liaises with Departments contracted service providers in making appropriate referrals for individuals and intensive family support and treatment.
• Assists Team Leaders as required in this area.

• Promotion work of the association; advocacy & support services.
• Support advocacy staff.
• Liaise with indigenous foster carers and family carers with indigenous children in their care & provide support and advise on benefits of Foster Care Association & how they can provide support & advocacy support to both family carers and foster carers.
• Networking with Child Protection Family Services department figures and Aboriginal Practice Leaders in metropolitan districts.

• Gatehouse duties
• Organise visitor access
• Monitor premises, foot patrols
• Log all activities conducted
• Handle emergency calls
• Static patrols
• BHP - FIFO

• General duties, facilitating arrests, completing required arrest paperwork, compile a brief for court appearance with preferred charges, interviewing of clients for offences committed
• Data entry and updating police record systems as required
• Incident report writing
• Dealings and appearances in Courts – Petty Sessions, District Court & Supreme Court
• Brief writing and compilation
• Secondment to Child Abuse Unit, working alongside external agencies, Sex Assault Resource Centre (SARC)
• Investigating sex related offences
• Evidence gathering, speaking to complainants, viewing videos and other documentation
• Assisting with search warrants
• Child Interviews, speaking to victims of sexual assault to investigate criminal offence
• Various locations in the metropolitan & regional WA areas