Adolescent Family Services Practitioner

**Permanent Full time position**:

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

- **A rewarding position that aims to create lasting positive change.**

**Your new role**:
The Adolescent Family Services suite of programs provides time-limited, tailored support to young people aged 12-17 years and their families or carers. Our focus is on preventing statutory intervention and homelessness by addressing family conflict and relationship breakdowns. We offer a range of interventions, from early intervention to intensive support, to help resolve issues and create lasting change.

As a Practitioner in the Adolescent Family Services program, you will play a key role in providing outreach-based assessments, mediation, case management, and tailored interventions to both young people and their families. This is a highly rewarding and dynamic role where you will support young people in crisis, foster stronger family relationships, and assist in connecting them to crucial services in the community.

**You will also**:

- Provide outreach-based assessments, mediation, and interventions to support young people and families, helping resolve issues and keep young people in the family home.
- Develop Child and Family Action Plans, addressing complex issues like family conflict, parenting challenges, and high-risk behaviors.
- Collaborate with schools, community services, and stakeholders, providing referrals for resources on family violence, mental health, and education.
- Ensure compliance with child safety standards, risk assessments, and accurate documentation while participating in regular team meetings and professional development.
- Work flexible hours as needed to meet the needs of families and young people, responding sensitively to diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

**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 of **(SCHADS Level 5) + super**, you can access the following.
- Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
- 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).
- Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
- Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

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

- Ability to connect with young people and their families, build trust, and engage effectively.
- Experience in conducting complex assessments, preparing detailed reports, and developing actionable plans in collaboration with clients.
- Awareness and knowledge of working with diverse groups, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, CALD, and LGBTQIA+ communities, ensuring cultural safety.
- Background in working with or for child protection services.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, confident in case meetings and presentations, and the ability to collaborate within a team.
- Strong time management and organizational abilities to handle caseloads effectively.

View the position description here.

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

For any questions, reach out to **Gillian Harris-Dawson, Manager Family Preservation and Reunification** on **0468 672 234** 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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