Brophy Family & Youth Services have been supporting children, young people, families and the south west Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.

At Brophy you will join a team of just over 180 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support and disability services.

At Brophy our Vision is not just focussed externally on our community - we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and relationships, creating new horizons towards an advantaged community.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Warrnambool OR Portland Based 
• 0.8 EFT & 0.5 EFT Positions Available

The Integrated Family Services Practitioner works to promote the safety, stability and development of vulnerable children, young people and their families and building capacity and resilience for children, families and communities. Integrated Family Services engage families by using a range of skills and approaches that build on family strengths, and seek to build a partnerships approach between families and professionals.

The primary target group for Integrated Family Services is families with vulnerable children and young people from birth to 18 years of age, and parents expecting a child who are:

• Likely to experience greater challenges because the child or young person’s development has been affected by the experience of risk factors and/or cumulative harm and/or;
• At risk of concerns escalating and becoming involved with Child Protection if problems are not addressed.

The service approach employed by Integrated Family Services includes:

• Adolescent Support Program (ASP) which provides outreach youth support to 12-17 year olds and their families via early intervention, mediation and specific counselling aimed at family preservation and reunification.
• Finding Solutions program which is an early intervention and diversionary program for young people 12 to 17 years of age at risk of being placed in out of home care and their families.
• Family Services aims to provide an enhanced family support service to vulnerable families. It aims to divert families from the child protection system as well as reduce re notifications.

This position is required to work across all program areas in Family Services.  As well as establish appropriate community contacts, develop and maintain professional working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders and funding partners in the provision of the program’s services to achieve improved outcomes for clients.

BENEFITS

• Above Award Salary
• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits.
• Monthly Wellbeing Day  (Full time employees, pro rata for Part Time).
• Excellent Learning & development Opportunities

For further information please contact Sharon Kenny on 5561 8888 or via [email protected], using the subject line: Integrated Family Services Practitioner - Warrnambool / Portland enquiry via EthicalJobs.