Lead Practitioner Family Services - Restoring Famillies

Job Description

- Full Time Ongoing position
- SCHADS Level 5 + Super + Salary packaging
- Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
- Based at Heatherton

Your new role

The Family Services Restoring Families steam provides community-based support and case management for families with significant, enduring needs. It offers comprehensive, interdisciplinary in-home child and family support that are targeted and intensive.

This program work closely with Child Protection with referrals being received through Child Protection, Corrections, Youth Justice or a designated statewide coordinator (for 10-11-year-old children under the age of criminal responsibility engaging in high harm behaviour).

Your impact will include:

- Using evidence-based frameworks to create sustainable change for families.
- Leading a care team of multi-disciplinary support services to create safety for children.
- Safely supporting reunification when children are in out-of-home care.
- Preserve children in the family home through a range of therapeutic interventions and strategies that allow families to build capability and resilience

Perks 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 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 experience working in an evidence-based program: The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience working under evidence-based programs and ensure fidelity to evidence-based models. It is preferable that the candidate has knowledge of the current research the informs our work with families.
- Demonstrate strong risk assessment and decision-making abilities
- Demonstrates the ability to balance multiple complex demands whilst maintaining high quality outcomes
- Consistently manages administration tasks in a timely manner
- Demonstrated experience working with families and children with significant, enduring needs and who face multiple, persistent and complex challenges
- Strong knowledge of Best Interests Case Practice Model and CYFA 2005.
- Advanced understanding of child development, trauma and attachment.

View the position description here.

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📌 Lead Practitioner Family Services - Restoring Famillies (Melbourne)
🏢 Uniting
📍 Melbourne