• Permanent Part time position (4 days per week)
• Salary packaging options to increase take home pay
• Paid parental leave + 10% discount on Kindergarten and Childcare
• Passionate team with supportive leadership

About the opportunity

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Family Services Practitioner to join our Family Services Program. The Family Services Program supports families who are experiencing high levels of stress and difficulties that impact on parenting, family life and children’s well-being. Responding to referrals from Child FIRST/The Orange Door, the program provides assertive outreach and home-based supports.

This newly established position will coordinate all aspects of referral, entry, engagement, and allocation of cases from Child FIRST/The Orange Door. The Senior Practitioner will undertake risk and needs assessments, deliver short term case management, and provide an active holding function to children and families who are referred to the Family Services Program. Working collaboratively with Child Protection, the Senior Practitioner will support families to enhance parenting capacity, family functioning and promote child safety.

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What's on offer

Join an organisation where we don’t just provide a service. We use our connections, our size, our scale, and our knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to a salary and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits to increase your take home pay.

We also offer paid parental leave to eligible employees (up to 10 weeks for primary carers and up to 2 weeks for secondary carers). As well as offering a 10% discount on Kindergarten and Childcare at Uniting Early Learning Services.

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a relevant degree qualification in social work, psychology or a related discipline.

• Considerable experience within the child, youth and family welfare sector
• Sound understanding of the Best Interests Framework and Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
• Well-developed risk assessment and risk management skills
• Proven ability to engage hard-to-reach families through assertive outreach.
• A strengths-based, child-centered approach to case management
• Strong organisational and time management skills

How to apply

Apply today by uploading the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (outlining your suitability according to the person specification in the position description)
• Current resume

Applications will be assessed as they come through and interviews may take place prior to applications closing.

Get in touch

For more information or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Laura Gregory – Team Leader Family Services on 03 5990 8400.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

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Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.