Description:
- Internal opportunity within the Family Services Team
- Full-Time, Ongoing
- Based in Broadmeadows
As a Family Services Practitioner, you will work with vulnerable children, young people and their families who are being impacted upon by disadvantage including poverty, trauma, substance abuse, mental health and family violence and are potentially at risk of becoming involved with the Child Protection system or are already involved with child protection.
Your skills and experience- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline is essential.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in working with disempowered and vulnerable people, including:
- Capacity to engage clients and establish effective helping relationships,
- Undertake strength-based assessments, needs analysis, development of intervention plans and work with clients to bring about change; working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Understanding of the issues involved in casework with children, young people and families.
- Knowledge and experience of a range of relevant intervention strategies and frameworks including children’s developmental needs, parent skill development, working with diversity, drug and alcohol recovery, the cycle of violence, crisis planning and family and broader systems.
- Current Driver’s license valid in Victoria.
View the position description here.
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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 Helen Tassakos on Helen.Tassakos@vt.uniting.org for a chat.
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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.
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