Family Preservation

**Permanent part time position (6 days per fortnight)**:

- **Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits**:

- **10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning services**

**Your new role**:
As a Family Preservation & Reunification Practitioner, you will provide intensive wraparound case management services to vulnerable families who present with complex needs. You will deliver assertive outreach, undertake risk assessments, participate in care team planning and develop creative interventions to engage hard-to-reach families. Working as part of collaborative care team, you will assist families to address the safety and developmental needs of children and young people, and support parents to enhance their resilience and self-determination.

**Benefits of working at Uniting**:
Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary **(SCHADS Level 5) + super**, you can access the following.
- Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
- Need extra time off? Buy additional leave to increase annual leave
- Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
- Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

**Your skills and experience**:
You will have:

- A tertiary qualification in child and family welfare or a related discipline
- Previous experience within the child, youth and family welfare sector
- An understanding of theoretical approaches relevant to working with infants, children, young people and families, including the Best Interests Framework
- Demonstrated ability to undertake risk assessments and plan and implement appropriate intervention strategies to engage families
- A strengths-based, child and family centered approach to case management

View the position description here.

**How to apply**:
Click **APPLY** to submit your interest.

For any questions, reach out to **Megan Stanbridge, Senior Manager Care & Placement Services**on 03 5144 9344 for a chat.

**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.

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