• Help families with disability needs stay together.
• Connect families to services, ensuring they have necessary supports in place.
• SCHADS Level 4, Maximum term, full time/part time to June 2025, based in Horsham.

Work with families and services to prevent children from requiring care outside the family home because of complex disability support needs.

Your expertise will enable parents to navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and learn how to advocate for plans that contain disability supports that will enable them to provide care within the home, or support family reunification.

Providing advice and guidance to the family you will develop and maintain professional relationships with providers and work collaboratively to identify the disability support needs of the family.  

Benefits of working at Uniting

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 4) + super, Maximum Term Part Time, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and the ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits, which can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing, streaming services, and much more.

With our meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually, you can save on dining out and drinks, making the most of your pre-tax dollars.

At Uniting, you can also access the following:

• Need extra time off? Buy additional leave to increase annual leave!
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
• Uniting offers up to 15 days paid leave for domestic violence support.

Your skills and experience

You will bring:

• Tertiary Qualifications in human services, welfare, social work and/or relevant experience preferred but not essential.
• Driver’s License.
• Working with Children Check. 
• Satisfactory Criminal Records Check. 
• Demonstrated ability as a practitioner and case manager in the disability, child, youth, and family welfare field.

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How to apply

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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.

For any questions, reach out to Kate Waterworth, Manager Child, Youth & Families on 0434 604 752 for a chat during office 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.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTQIA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.