Fprr Practitioner

1 week ago


South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time
Provided with a Pool Car

  • Extensive and ongoing training provided

About the role:


The Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Practitioner will work intensively with families working towards reunification of children into the family home or work with parents to upskill family member to preserve the family unit.


This is a Fixed term Full-time (30/06/2023) opportunity based in South Melbourne, VIC.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts.
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines, targets and key deliverables of the program.
  • An ability to work flexible hours when required including some evenings and weekends.
  • A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families
    For a full listing please view the Position Description at the bottom of this page.

For more information, please contact:
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Our offer:
_**- _ Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay_
- _ Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training_
- _ Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges_
- _ Click _HERE_ to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees._
- _ Pool car for the duration of the role (Fixed Term)._

You must have a:

  • Valid and current Driver's Licence;
  • Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
  • Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly.

We value every person's ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.


It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.



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