Senior Practitioner Family Preservation and Reunification

• Keep children safe and support families through their most vulnerable moments.
• Provide intensive wraparound support to families with multiple and complex needs.
• Increase your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

Bring your holistic expertise in children and families casework and help families stay safe, connected and together.

Join our Family Preservation and Reunification Response Program, supporting parents and caregivers to build safe, nurturing and self-sufficient home environments.

You'll provide intensive wraparound case management to families with complex and multiple needs. You'll also deliver assertive outreach, complete risk assessments, lead care team planning and develop creative, strengths-based interventions to engage hard-to-reach families.

Working as part of a collaborative care team, you'll help address the safety and developmental needs of children and young people, and support parents in strengthening their resilience and self-determination.

This is a full-time ongoing position, based at our Narre Warren office.

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 6) + 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
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow..
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

First and foremost, you are ready to step into a senior practitioner role, bringing considerable experience within the child, youth and family welfare sector, including experience working with Child Protection.

You will also have:

• Demonstrated understanding of theoretical approaches relevant to working with infants, children, young people and families, including the Best Interests Framework
• Demonstrated ability to undertake risk assessments and plan and implement appropriate intervention strategies to engage families
• A strengths-based, child and family centred approach to case management, strong time management and communication skills
• You will have a degree qualification in Social Work, Psychology or a child and family welfare-related discipline and a current driver's licence.

View the position description here.

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If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

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Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a 'child safe' organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.  

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