About Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives.

What you'll do

You’ll provide high quality services to families experiencing post-separation conflict who need assistance reaching agreement on parenting arrangements or resolving issues related to finances and property settlement. Services include risk screening and assessment, preparation for family dispute resolution and mediating joint sessions using a range of specialised approaches including Child Inclusive Practice.

You'll provide information to clients about separation, counselling and legal processes and will make referrals as required. Your work will be guided by the Family Law Act and Regulations as relates to your role.

The details

• Permanent part-time role based at Blacktown
• Work 3 or 4 days a week
• Hybrid flexibility - work from home 1 day a week
• $46 - $51 per hour (depending on skills & experience), 11.5% super, 17.5% leave loading and tax-free salary packaging up to $15,900. (Increase your take home pay! Calculate Your Savings at https://www.salary.com.au/calculate-your-savings)
• Salary Benefits - You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay!
• Extra annual leave days between Christmas and New Year
• Excellent professional development, regular clinical supervision

What you'll bring

• Registration with the Australian Government Attorney General’s Department Register of Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners is essential
• A tertiary background in Law, Social Sciences, Social work, or Mediation/Dispute Resolution
• Demonstrated high level skills in family dispute resolution, including assessments and mediation interventions
• Demonstrated ability to work in a child focused approach
• Strong understanding of relationship dynamics, domestic and family violence, child safety, trauma informed practice, diversity awareness and mental health and wellbeing

Why work with us?

• Empower families to achieve an amicable outcome for their children and property
• Strong clinical and supervision framework to deepen our practice excellence
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve. Grow with us as a team
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, additional leave days, Employee Referral Reward program and a fitness passport
• Extra Income - You can salary package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary for everyday expenses and up to $2,650 pa for entertainment expenses, meaning you take home even more pay!
• We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
• RANSW is committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch RAP to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other communities

Next Steps

Interested? Apply online today as we will be interviewing shortly.

It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.