• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Full time or Part Time (60.8 hours per fortnight) | Maximum term until February 2024
• Based at Epping

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a number of Lead Family Practitioners to join our new Homes 4 Families (H4F) Program. The H4F Program will deliver housing and family services support to children and families who were provided with emergency hotel accommodation after experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide intensive and flexible wraparound case management support to assist these families to transition into stable, safe longer-term housing.

As a Lead Family Practitioner, you will provide long-term case management support to a caseload of approximately 6-8 families as they move out of hotels and into longer-term homes. The Practitioner will utilise a strengths based, child and family centred approach to enhance the safety, wellbeing and stability of the children and family unit. The role will undertake risk assessments, provide assertive outreach, develop Family Action Plans, facilitate care team planning and support families to engage with local community networks.

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a degree in social work, psychology or a child and family welfare related discipline.

You will also have:

• Demonstrated case management experience within the child, youth and family welfare sector
• Demonstrated understanding of the Best Interest Principles and the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
• An understanding of the challenges and stigma faced by people experiencing homelessness
• A strengths-based, family-centred approach to case management
• Sound risk assessment and risk management skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (outlining your suitability according to the person specification in the position description)
• Current resume

Please don’t delay submitting your application as interviews will be held immediately.

Get in touch

For more information about the role, please contact Karishma Bakshi, Team Leader - Homes 4 Families on 0435 028 997

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

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. It is a condition of employment that all eligible workforce in Victoria receive the COVID-19 vaccination and supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties at any of Uniting’s workplaces.

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.