• In home family casework|empower, enhance and strengthen families
• Make your mark providing intensive, assertive outreach
• Full time, permanent, senior level role
• Preston

Your role:

The role involves the provision of an in-home family casework service, working in partnership with families with the aim of strengthening parenting capacity and family resilience. 

The work involves taking steps to reduce risks to children's safety and wellbeing and that of other family members, as well as working with families to empower them to enhance their parenting capacity and family functioning and therefore to improve outcomes for children.

The skills you will use day to day:

• Providing intensive, assertive outreach for case management support to families with complex needs and high risks.
• Creating viable safety plans with families to mitigate risks from FV, suicidality, and for children with high risk social behaviours.
• Providing support to colleagues in the team including debriefing as well as supporting student placements.
• Create and chair multi-disciplinary, wrap-around care teams to enhance family safety, stability and wellbeing, with planned ongoing support in line with increasing family capacity.
• A good understanding of the social context of child abuse and neglect and experience in applying relevant theoretical approaches to deliver outcomes.
• Conduct risk and needs assessments using relevant and contemporary frameworks, theory, and practice models.
• Use of ECMS for all case records and data
• Undertaking initial comprehensive Best Interests Assessments (BIA) and BIA update assessments at closure
• Completing initial and closing North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS)
• Skills in case management, including developing community linkages.

What makes this such a great role for you:

• You get a salary starting at around $106,000 plus super.
• Salary packaging is available up to $15,900 plus an entertainment card.
• SCHCADS award level 6.
• Negotiable through the increments dependent upon experience.
• An opportunity to build your career at the leading provider of family services in Victoria.
• Work from our office space in Preston.
• 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.
• A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition.

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:

Could you please apply for the role before midnight on Wednesday 19th March.

For a Detailed Position Description please take a look here:  Senior Family Services Practitioner PD

To apply for this position all you need to do is click apply wherever you are and attach a resume and a brief cover letter that describes your motivation to apply.

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 Josette Hamad via email at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Practitioner- Family Services 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.