• You are a valued member of a high quality family services team.
• Join a dynamic team working with vulnerable families and children with complex needs.
• Work with complex family needs including family violence, mental health and substance abuse. 

Your new role:

This position involves outreach and office based work, group work and in-home skill development with the aim of strengthening parenting capacity, achieving developmental milestones and family resilience.  The position will work in the Family Services team at Werribee as part of integrated family services.

You will be supporting families with high and complex needs to address self-set goals around practical parenting, routine/schedule setting and addressing any needs including mental health concerns, drug and alcohol issues, connection to culture/community and therapeutic intervention.

The skills we are looking for:

• Well developed assessment skills
• The ability to effectively engage children, young people and their families,
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with families and the capacity to identify family strengths and competencies, in order to facilitate positive change. 
• Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders to reach the best outcomes for children, youth and families.

What makes this such a great role for you:

• An opportunity to do something different.
• 12 month parental leave cover to August 2024.
• You get a salary starting at $93,860 plus super.
• Salary packaging is available up to $15,900 plus an entertainment card.
• SCHCADS award level 5.
• Negotiable through the increments dependent upon experience.
• Work from our great office space in Werribee.
• We take the Health and Wellbeing of our people seriously offering a Well Worth It! Program, EIP and EAP.
• Access to discounted health insurance as well!
• A diverse and inclusive workplace for you to feel safe, acknowledged and included.
• Our people are our biggest asset, we will support you to progress your career with a dedicated L&D team.
• We have the Rainbow Tick.

What our people say- “AV is an organisation where if you want to challenge yourself or explore opportunities, you don’t have to leave to do that. There are so many great people, programs and services, so it’s an organisation where you have great conditions for growth and development”. 

Ready to take the next step:

We use generic position descriptions to help support internal growth and movement between teams you can read the generic position description here: Werribee IFS PD Parental Leave

To apply for this position all you need to do is click apply wherever you see the advert and that will take you to our careers page. Once there click APPLY and create a profile, attach a resume and a brief cover letter that describes your motivation to apply and also talks about your passion for working with children and young people.

The advert is only meant to be an overview, for all the details on what makes this such a great opportunity or to ask questions contact Lianna Muscat on 03 9731 2500 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Family Services Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this.  Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.