• Provide essential support to children, young people + families impacted by disadvantage
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Part-time (38 hours per fortnight), Maximum term until 30 June 2025, based in Werribee

About the opportunity

As a Family Services Practitioner, you will work with vulnerable children, young people and their families who are being impacted upon by disadvantage including poverty, trauma, substance abuse, mental health and family violence and are potentially at risk of becoming involved with the Child Protection system or are already involved with child protection.

In this role, you will be involved in managing and supporting a caseload of allocated families and assist in developing strategies to support clients to meet goals.

Click here to view the Position Description.

What’s on offer

Part-time (38 hours per fortnight), Maximum term position until 30 June 2025, based in Werribee.

In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.

Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks. 

10% discount on Kindergarten and Childcare at Uniting Early Learning Services.

About you

You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline
• Demonstrated skills and experience in working with disempowered and vulnerable people, for three to five years
• Knowledge and experience of a range of relevant intervention strategies and frameworks including children’s developmental needs, parent skill development, working with diversity, drug and alcohol recovery, the cycle of violence, crisis planning and family and broader systems
• Demonstrated ability to manage a caseload of allocated families
• Ability to develop strategies to assist clients to meet their goals and regularly review and evaluate

How to apply

Click APPLY NOW to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through and scheduling interviews as we’re keen to engage with candidates asap.

Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.

Get in touch

For more information or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Brodie Milich – Team Leader, Family Preservation & Reunification at [email protected], using the subject line: Family Services Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs, or 0466 921 324 (during business hours).

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.

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 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.