• Heidelberg Location
• Full-time, Fixed Term Position for 1 year
• Salary Packaging of $15,900 per annum available

About us

With a proud history and a progressive mindset, Kids First is a leading provider of educational, family and support services for children and families in Melbourne. We are at the forefront of responding to community needs and strengthening families so that children can thrive. Our programs are evidence-based and built on more than 120 years of service.

About the role/Opportunity

Kids First Australia has an exciting practitioner role working within a new multidisciplinary Hub to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses, in partnership with Family Safety Victoria (FSV).

The vision for the Hubs is to create a future where all Victorians can enjoy safe and respectful personal and family relationships, where children grow up in families that value their health, development, and wellbeing. The Support & Safety Hubs will deliver a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children, families, and the perpetrators of violence.

The Hub teams consist of multidisciplinary teams with a mix of staff employed by FSV and staff employed by CSOs, Aboriginal services and DHHS. The Hub delivers high-quality screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals.

You will be rewarded with a collaborative and outcomes focussed culture, regular professional development, work flexibility, regular supervision, 3 days ex-gratia leave each year, an attractive salary including the opportunity to salary package to increase take-home pay, and a friendly, collaborative and supportive work environment.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology or similar field
• No less than 3 years' experience working the child welfare and/or Family violence Sectors
• Extensive experience working with families and children experiencing complex needs and risk issues in any of the following areas: Family Services, Child Protection, Intake and Assessment and/or other services working with vulnerable families and children
• Current Working with Children Check (WWCC)

​​As a member of the Kids First team you will:

• Be part of a collaborative and outcomes-focused culture of an independent, not-for-profit organisation that has a legacy of more than 120 years of community service
• Take home an attractive salary with the option to salary package to increase take-home pay
• Be nurtured in your career, including professional
• Have access to flexible work options and our staff wellbeing program
• Portable long services leave

To apply:

Only applications submitted via our website will be considered.

Please include a Cover letter outlining the position title and response addressing the selection criteria & a copy of the Curriculum Vitae which must list two professional referees. To view full Position Description or to apply, please visit the Kids First website at www.kidsfirstaustralia.org.au.

For enquiries about the position:

Alice Loney - Child & Family Service Manager
Phone number: 0417 619 789

Kids First is an Equal Opportunity employer that respects and values diversity and inclusion. Kids First welcomes everyone to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and physical ability.

Kids First is a Child Safe Organisation, employment is conditional on satisfactory referee checks, a current Working With Children Checked, National Criminal History check, proof of the right to work in Australia and a pre-employment medical (if applicable).