Join our Family Services Team.

• Facilitate family-led conferences supporting safety, stability & connection.
• Join a new statewide reform initiative with strong practice support & peers.
• SCHADS Level 6 + salary packaging + flexible part-time opportunity (3 - 4 days a week).
• Part Time (up to 4 days per week) Max Term role until 30 June 2027

Your new role

Ready to take your child and family practice experience into something broader?

Join Uniting as a Family Group Conferencing (FGC) Convenor and play a key role in Victoria’s new family services reform approach.

This is an opportunity for experienced Child and Family Services practitioners to step into a highly relational, family-led role focused on bringing families, support networks and professionals together to create sustainable plans for children and young people.

You’ll facilitate strengths-based Family Group Conferences that place decision-making with families, while working closely with practitioners, service partners and local alliances across the broader Restoring Families initiative.

Your impact will include:

• Facilitating family-led conferences focused on safety, stability and wellbeing for children and young people
• Preparing families, carers and professionals for meaningful participation
• Coordinating and leading complex conversations with multiple stakeholders
• Supporting families to develop sustainable plans grounded in culture, relationships and strengths
• Working collaboratively with practitioners and local service networks across the Restoring Families response
• Contributing to a new reform initiative focused on strengthening family authority and connectedness

About the initiative

Uniting is proud to be supporting the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) to deliver new Family Group Conferencing roles across multiple Victorian regions including metropolitan Melbourne, Central Highlands, Gippsland and the Wimmera as part of Victoria’s Family Services Reform agenda.

These roles sit within the new Restoring Families service stream (formerly Family Preservation and Reunification Response), supporting family-led decision making and stronger community-based support for children, young people and families experiencing complex challenges.

You’ll join a growing cohort of Convenors working within local alliance areas, with opportunities to connect, learn and build practice alongside peers across Victoria as the reform continues to expand.

Benefits of working at Uniting

You’ll be supported through dedicated practice leadership, coaching and peer connection as part of a growing statewide reform initiative.

You will also have access to

• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.
• Employee discounts at Uniting Early Education services and Uniting op shops.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for wellbeing and counselling support.

Your skills and experience

You are an experienced child and family practitioner who enjoys working with complexity, your skilled at engaging and bringing people together and ready to broaden your impact through reform-focused work with strong practice support.

You’ll bring with you:

• Relevant qualifications in social work, community services or a related discipline
• A current driver’s licence valid in Victoria
• Demonstrated experience in child and family services, child protection or related fields
• Ability to demonstrate strong skills in engagement, facilitation, mediation and negotiation
• Experience delivering culturally safe and trauma-informed practice, including with Aboriginal children and families
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles that underpin Family Group Conferencing
• Demonstrated analytical skills with a proven ability to identify emerging issues and risks

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest, and we’ll get in touch shortly. If this role sounds like a good fit for you, apply soon. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the advert early.

If you have any questions about the opportunity, please contact: Libby Jackson on 0421 584 497 for a chat

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

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