Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 6th Oct 2024
- Regional VIC > Bairnsdale & Gippsland
Uniting is dedicated to supporting vulnerable individuals, families, and children in our communities. We provide a range of specialized services including community development, complex casework, emergency relief, accommodation assistance, and out-of-home care. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of those in need!
As a Relief Social Worker, you will provide essential coverage for our social workers at various locations throughout the Gippsland region, delivering support and interventions across various programs. You will play a key role in helping individuals and families navigate challenges related to child, youth, and family services, family violence, homelessness, and more.
Join an organisation where we don’t just provide a service. We use our connections, our size, our scale, and our knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.
In addition to receiving a salary commencing at SCHADS Level 6 and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
Paid parental leave (up to 10 weeks) is available for eligible employees.
Receive 10% discount on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or centre.
You will have at a minimum a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification in line with the mandatory minimum qualifications for family violence practitioners. You will also have:
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Click 'Apply Now' to submit your interest. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through and conducting interviews prior to applications closing. Please send your application through as a priority as we’re keen to engage with someone.
If you have any questions about the opportunity, please contact Di Fisher – Executive Officer, Gippsland on 0409 169 722.
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: www.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.
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