Clinical Practitioner

About the role
- Salary $ + Super/Pro Rata + RDO + Flexible Working
- Heidelberg based, Wurundjeri Country
- Full time role available

Kids First have a prominent 120-year history of safeguarding children achieved through an unwavering commitment to people and transformation. If you want to strengthen father-child relationships and improve the safety of women and children, are looking for meaning and substance working for an organisation that acknowledges your value by offering great working conditions and flexible working arrangements, then this could be your next opportunity.

Your new role
- The primary purpose of the Clinical Practitioner position is to provide child and family wellbeing work that focusses on safety, support and recovery for family members, and supporting effective and targeted intervention with fathers.
- The focus of the role will be to use an integrated, coordinated model to strengthen father-child relationships and improve the safety of women and children; an approach which considers the safety, needs and goals of all members of the family.
- Provide therapeutic evidence based groupwork and individual interventions
- Undertake assessments of men referred to the program and collaboration with services involved with the client to manage the risks associated with the participants
- Participate in and contribute to Caring Dads evaluation and monitoring activities, ensuring development of practice tools, techniques and operations.

About you
- Hold a tertiary qualification in social work, psychology, child and family social welfare or related discipline.
- High level of experience and skills in co-facilitating therapeutic group work
- Demonstrated experience working with fathers who use or are at risk of using family violence
- Excellent understanding of current family violence theories and practice frameworks
- Experience in working therapeutically with men who use violence where there is a history of trauma
- Demonstrated capability to network and build productive relationships with stakeholders both inside and outside organisational boundaries
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in the use of current theoretical approaches and best practice for working with families where family violence has occurred.

How we reward you
- An organisation that truly lives its values
- Kids First understands the importance of flexible working and has a policy to support this
- Be nurtured in your career, including professional development in specialist evidence-based models, such as Promoting First Relationships (PFR)
- Enjoy ‘not for profit’ benefits such as salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- We know how important it is to spend time with family which is why you get 3 additional leave days at Christmas
- Purchased leave and portable long service leave options
- Access our Staff Wellbeing Program

To view a full position description or to apply, please visit the Kids First website.

For inquiries about the position: Sam Carew, Manager Caring Dads, 0423 603 453
- Kids First is an Equal Opportunity employer that respects and values diversity and inclusion. Kids First welcomes everyone to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and physical ability._
- Kids First is a Child Safe Organisation, employment is conditional on satisfactory referee checks, a current Working With Children Check, National Criminal History check, proof of the right to work in Australia and a pre-employment medical (if applicable). Requirement to comply with Kids First vaccination policy where supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties._

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Profession: #Community_Services, #MentalHealth_Counseling, #Social_and_Support_Work

Sector: #Children, #Community_Support_Services, #Families, #Men, #Mental_Health