• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Two full time opportunities available | Based at Blackburn
• Establish, expand or transfer your social work skills

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for two social workers to join our Child FIRST program on a full time basis. The first position is ongoing, and the second position is initially maximum term until 30 June 2021.

Child FIRST (Family Information Referral and Support Team) is the common intake point for referrals from DHHS Child Protection, schools, other community service organisations and the general community. A typical busy day will include:

• Receiving referrals into the Child FIRST service as part of a committed team
• Carrying out risk and needs assessments over the phone and at home visits
• Providing information and advice to referrers
• Offering crisis intervention
• Preparing reports and case notes
• Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with other agencies for client referral and support

View the full position description here

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a tertiary qualification in a field related to Social Work or Psychology.

Please address the following questions related to the person specification, to be uploaded as part of your application:

• Summarise your knowledge and applied use of the Child Youth and Families Act 2005 and Best Interest Principles
• Describe examples of how you have actively engaged families, over the phone and/or by outreach
• Describe examples of how you have assessed risk to families, children and/or adolescents

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (1 page)
• Current resume (no more than 3 pages)
• Responses to the key selection criteria questions listed above

Get in touch

Rachel O'Dwyer - Team Leader, Child FIRST

(03) 9875 4222

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

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 Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.