• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• 2x Full Time Maximum Term (12 Months)

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a first support worker in our Child, Youth and Families team. The position is based at Dandenong with travel across Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs.

This position will be responsible for working within a new model of Kinship Care (First Supports). This model of care will be available to new statutory kinship care placements expected to last longer than three months.

About you

To be successful in your application you will have:

• Post-secondary qualifications in Social Work / Welfare or related field.
• A demonstrated knowledge and understanding of issues surrounding the out-of-home care system / family services and the available resources and services in Southern Melbourne.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with adults, adolescents, children and sector representatives.
• Experience in the provision of support to children, youth and their families with multiple and complex needs.
• Strong skills in needs, risk and safety assessments of children, young people and their parents within the context of the Best Interest Framework.

About Uniting

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

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org.

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.

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. 

View the full position description here.