Join Restore Intensive Family Services as a Clinical Nurse! Provide in-home health and therapeutic support to empower families, promote child safety, and make a real impact every day.

The Role

RESTORE Intensive Family Services is a voluntary, strength-based program that partners with families experiencing complex challenges to improve safety, wellbeing, and family functioning. The service focuses on repairing relationships, empowering parents, and keeping children safely at home through trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and multidisciplinary support.

As a Clinical Nurse (CN) in the RESTORE team, you’ll deliver holistic health assessments, education, and interventions directly in family homes. You’ll play a vital role in identifying health and developmental needs, promoting health literacy, and reconnecting families with essential health and community services. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll contribute your clinical expertise to enhance child safety, family stability, and long-term wellbeing.

See attached position description for full details. 

What you need to bring

Essential

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate
• Knowledge of Child Protection Legislation
• Valid Department of Human Services (DHS) Working with Children Check
• Valid Driver's Licence
• Ability to undertake some work out of standard work hours when required

Desirable

• Experience working with vulnerable families with complex needs
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary setting
• Sound theoretical knowledge of the impact of childhood trauma and factors affecting development and attachment
• Strongly desired experience in paediatrics, mental health, family and child health

What's in it for you

• Ongoing, Part-time (0.9 FTE)
• Above award rate of pay + super
• Generous salary packaging to help increase your take home pay
• Access to clinical supervision with the RESTORE Nurse Consultant
• Working from Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Amos’ therapeutic framework, as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Who we are

Each year, we support more than 20,000 people across metropolitan and regional South Australia through a wide range of community services, guided by a strong ethical framework. We are committed to a client-focused approach, delivering effective and flexible support to people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, cultures, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations.

Centacare is a Child Safe, Quality Accredited Organisation and a registered NDIS provider. We value individuality and embrace diversity, working in consultation and collaboration while upholding integrity and professionalism in everything we do.

We are dedicated to fostering a respectful and inclusive workplace, free from harassment and discrimination. Our commitment to equal opportunity reflects our mission, vision, and values—and we believe that our positive culture leads to better outcomes for our clients.

To learn more about us, explore our Who we are page and our organisational video.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter (as one document) outlining how you meet the requirements of this role as outlined in the position description. To access the position description or submit your application click on the Apply button.

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity please contact Megan Jones, Manager, on 08 8159 1423 or Gaynor Trezona, Nurse Consultant, on 08 8159 1473.

Applications close 5pm on Friday, 05 December 2025.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible; applications will be shortlisted as received. Centacare reserves the right to close the advertisement once a suitable candidate has been recruited.

Applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

With respect, no agencies please.