Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

4 days ago

Sydney, Australia Uniting Full time

**About the role**

**_This position is offered on a permanent part -time basis working the following 3 days/ week Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and will be based in Sydney’s CBD _**

Uniting Counselling and Mediation has a long history of high-quality service delivery, being well regarded, and connected with Family Law stakeholders. As a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, you’ll provide a range of interventions to families’ post-separation who are experiencing various levels of conflict and are unable to reach agreements regarding parenting arrangements for their children and/or the distribution of property. These interventions include mediation, therapeutic mediation, legally assisted mediation and child inclusive practice within the context of the Family Law Act. Innovative telehealth and digital options are just some of Uniting’s innovating ways of providing services to families. You will be working with a dynamic team of therapists and FDRPs to support separated families.

**About You**
- **Tertiary qualifications in law, psychology or social work.**
- Accreditation as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (Australian Attorney-General’s Department) or ability to successfully complete training to meet the accreditation requirements.
- An understanding of the process and purpose of child inclusive mediation practice.
- Knowledge of family law legislation.
- Knowledge and understanding of community services, especially those relating to families experiencing relationship difficulties.
- Understanding of child protection issues.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as be able to contribute to the functioning of the team.
- Excellent communication, organisation and writing skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Meet the program-specific client targets.

**Why Work at Uniting**
- To have a career that matters in an organisation that focuses on making an impact
- Training and mentoring with the opportunity to improve and learn new skills.
- You receive up to 3 ex-gratia days (on top of annual leave)
- At Uniting we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe from COVID-19. We require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment._

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