Join our Family Services Team.

• 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, Max Term position until March 2026, based in Reservoir

Your new role

As an FPR Senior Practitioner, you will deliver the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) 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.

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 + 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!
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.

Your skills and experience

• A degree in Social Work, Psychology, Youth Work or a related tertiary qualification relevant to child and family welfare
• 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
• 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
• Advanced knowledge of child development, trauma and attachment theories

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 Brodie Milich at brodie.milich@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 LGBT+. 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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