Join our Family Services Team.

• Lead family support through evidence-informed, trauma-informed interviews
• SCHADS Level 5 + Super + Salary packaging
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• Full Time Ongoing Position, Based at Doveton

Your new role

As a Lead Practitioner in Family Services, you will support children, young people and families experiencing challenges and vulnerabilities across three service streams: Connecting, Strengthening and Restoring Families. You will provide tailored, evidence-informed interventions aligned with each family’s needs and Uniting’s Therapeutic Model of Care (TMoC), promoting safety, stability, wellbeing and healthy development.

About the program

The purpose of the Strengthening Families-Early Years (SFEY) program is to support families with children in the 0-5 age group through comprehensive assessment, goal identification and multifaceted engagement style.

SFEY focuses on parenting skills and the importance of bonding and attachment between a parent and child. This program is designed to build strong, healthy family relationships and focuses on parenting skills, social isolation, family violence, mental health through the delivery of evidence-based group work.

The program draws on key elements of therapeutic group work, and attachment-based relationship building to deliver parent education supports within a welcoming, safe environment. SFEY is delivered using both group work and assertive outreach models which provides a natural space for psychoeducation and peer bonding while also meeting family’s daily needs in their home.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• Working in a large values-led organisation with real community impact.
• 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.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 weeks for secondary).
• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a Minimum tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline is essential

You will also have:

• Demonstrated ability in child, youth and family welfare.
• Experience with vulnerable families and adolescents.
• Strong knowledge of Best Interests Case Practice Model and CYFA 2005.
• Advanced understanding of child development, trauma and attachment.

View 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 Bianca Rossetti on Bianca.Rossetti@vt.uniting.org for a chat.

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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