• Provide support to vulnerable young people + their families being impacted by disadvantage
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Full-time, Maximum-term position until 30 June 2025, based in Werribee

About the opportunity

As a Senior Family Services Practitioner, you will work with vulnerable children, young people and their families who are being impacted upon by disadvantage including poverty, trauma, substance abuse, mental health and family violence and are potentially at risk of becoming involved with the Child Protection system or are already involved with child protection.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will manage a caseload which includes complex cases requiring intensive supports and provide mentoring, coaching and formal case consultation & support to practitioners in the team.

Click here to view the Position Description.

What’s on offer

In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.

Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks. 

10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning

About you

You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline is essential
• Demonstrated skills and experience in working with disempowered and vulnerable people, including:
  • The capacity to engage clients and establish effective helping relationships,
  • Ability to undertake strength-based assessments, needs analysis, development of intervention plans and work with clients to bring about change; working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the issues involved in casework with children, young people and families.
• Demonstrate 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.
• Previous experience with mentoring, coaching and peer support is highly desirable.

How to apply

Click APPLY NOW to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Brodie Milich – Team Leader at [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Family Services Practitioner - Werribee enquiry via EthicalJobs, or 0466 921 324 (during business hours)

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.

Visit us: vt.uniting.org. 

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.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.