Join our Family Services Team.

Family Preservation & Reunification Practitioner

  • 528114
  • Sale, VIC, 3850
  • Child, Youth & Families
  • Maximum Term Part Time
  • Closing on: Nov 19 2025
  • Max Term Part Time (3 days per week) until 01 November 2026 based at Sale
  • Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
  • 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning
Your new role

As a FPR Practitioner, you will provide intensive wraparound case management services to vulnerable families who present with complex needs. You will deliver assertive outreach, undertake risk assessments, participate in care team planning and develop creative interventions to engage hard-to-reach families. Working as part of collaborative care team, you will assist families to address the safety and developmental needs of children and young people, and support parents to enhance their resilience and self-determination.

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 (SCHADS Level 5) + super, you can access the following.

  • Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
  • Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
  • Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
  • Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
Your skills and experience

You will have:

  • Social Work, Psychology or a related tertiary qualification relevant to child and family welfare
  • Current driver’s licence valid in Victoria
  • Demonstrated ability as a practitioner in the child, youth and family welfare field
  • Experience in working with vulnerable children and families in a community services setting is preferred
  • 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

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

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 Megan Stanbridge – Manager Family Services on 0436 521 603 for a chat or email on megan.stanbridge@vt.uniting.org

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.

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.

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