Family Services Practitioner

2 days ago

Broadmeadows, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.**:

- **Part-time (60.80 hours per fortnight) Ongoing**:

- **Based in Broadmeadows**

**Your new role**:
As a Family Services Practitioner, you will work with vulnerable children, young people and their families who are being impacted upon by disadvantage and are potentially at risk of becoming involved with the Child Protection system or are already involved with child protection.

In this role, you will be involved in managing and supporting a caseload of allocated families and assist in developing strategies to support clients to meet goals.

**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.
- 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.
- Uniting offers up to 15 days paid leave for domestic violence support.

**Your skills and experience**:

- Minimum tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline
- Driver’s license valid in Victoria
- Demonstrated skills and experience in working with disempowered and vulnerable people, for three to five years
- Knowledge and experience of a range of relevant intervention strategies and frameworks including children’s developmental needs, parent skill development, working with diversity, drug and alcohol recovery, the cycle of violence, crisis planning and family and broader systems
- Demonstrated ability to manage a caseload of allocated families
- Ability to develop strategies to assist clients to meet their goals and regularly review and evaluate

View the position description here.

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

**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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