• Provide support to vulnerable families & their children that are actively involved in child protection.
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Full-time, permanent position, based in Reservoir.

About the opportunity

As a Senior Practitioner in the Adolescents in the Family Preservation & Reunification team, you will deliver the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Response as an evidenced based response working collaboratively with children and families to provide a rapid, intensive and sustained intervention aimed at preventing at risk children entering or re-entering care.

In this role, you will implement a wrap around, evidence informed case management approach for the most complex challenging families.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will work closely with the Team Leader to provide support, live coaching, and supervision to FPR Practitioners and direct reports in cases that are high risk, present multiple demands and when FPR Practitioners identify as needing additional support.

A position description is attached.

What’s on offer

In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.

• Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks. 
• 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning.

About you

You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• A degree in Social Work, Psychology, Youth Work or a related tertiary qualification relevant to child and family welfare.
• Current driver’s licence valid in Victoria.
• Demonstrated ability as a senior level practitioner in the child, youth and family welfare field.
• Demonstrated ability to provide supervision, guidance and support to practitioners.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with families successfully and completing assertive outreach.
• Demonstrated ability to assess and appropriately respond to risk for children and young people.
• Advanced knowledge of child development, trauma and attachment theories.

How to apply

Click 'Apply Now' to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Olivia Bassani – Team Leader FPR on 0417 689 921.

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: 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.