Family Services Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Limelight People Full time

**MELBOURNE**

**Social Worker Required**
- **Metro Melbourne**:

- **Permanent - minimum 3 days per week**:

- **Highly competitive salary package**:

- **Great opportunities for Grade 1 Social Workers**

Fantastic opportunity to join a leading and influential provider of charitable and social services who deliver excellence in a broad range of child, family and youth services, family relationship services, school counselling and pastoral care services, social housing, employment and advocacy services.

**Role**:

- Using a Care Team Approach, coordinate, facilitate and deliver a rapid, culturally safe, flexible and intensive service to children and their families.
- Use approaches that consider the best interests of the child, trauma informed practices, knowledge of child development, attachment theories, family preservation and reunification principles, and other relevant frameworks.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of family violence and the theoretical underpinnings of working with families where family violence is an issue.
- Develop goals, action plans and safety plans with families through direct work with individuals and groups as appropriate.

**Required**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Welfare or other relevant tertiary study.
- Experience in family services, DV or child protection is required
- Knowledge of relevant theories, intervention approaches and understanding of the causes of family breakdown, child safety and child development.
- Experience working within a correctional environment is desirable.
- Current driver’s licence.
- Current Victorian Working with Children Check.
- Current Australia-wide Police Check.



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