Join our Family Services Team.

• 2 X Max Term Part-time position (60.8 hours per fortnight). 1 until 24 August 2026 and 1 until 30 June 2026
• 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

The Senior Practitioner role is critical in implementing a wrap around, evidence informed case management approach for families and children who have experienced complex trauma.

As a Senior Practitioners you will be culturally safe and utilise a relational approach that is adaptable and responsive to family and individual needs and key case management frameworks.  The work is strengths based, child and family centred, integrating intensive assessment, care team planning, safety and risk planning and parenting strategies to promote resilience and self-determination.

You will work closely with the Team Leader to collaborate on cases that are high risk, present multiple demands and when Senior 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 of SCHADS Level 6 + 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.
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a degree in 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 senior level 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, email Gillian Harris-Dawson, Manager Preservation & Reunification, on gillian.harrisdawson@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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