Child and Family Practitioner

UnitingCare Health Pty Ltd.; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

NFP Salary Packaging

Parental leave

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is seeking a Child and Family Practitioner for the Family Intervention Service in Cairns on a permanent full-time basis. The role focuses on providing holistic, therapeutic services to vulnerable children, young people and families within the child protection system, supporting reunification and addressing concerns through intensive home-based interventions.

The successful candidate will hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant human services field, with demonstrated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant human services field.
• Registration with a nationally recognised professional body is desirable where relevant.
• Experience in working with children and families.
• Current Drivers Licence.
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card).

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, therapeutic responses to the needs of families/individuals involved in the child protection system.
• Deliver intensive support to reunify children with families after out-of-home care and address child protection concerns.
• Operate a home-based intervention with case management responsibilities and therapeutic intervention skills.

Skills

Drivers Licence

Working with Children Check

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant human services field

Job description

Child and Family Practitioner | Family Intervention Service | Cairns Employment Term: Permanent, Full-Time (38 hours per week) Location: Cairns Remuneration: From $53.43 per hour + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) Close Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. As a Child and Family Practitioner, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

This role is responsible for providing services to vulnerable children, young people, and families within the Family Intervention Service (FIS), with an emphasis on delivering high-quality, best-practice services. This position provides: A holistic and therapeutic response to the needs of families and individuals, that are involved in the child protection system. Provide intensive support to help children and young people safely reunify with their families following out-of-home care, or work alongside parents under an Intervention with Parental Agreement to address child protection concerns and support children to remain safely at home. This is a home-based intervention role and includes case management responsibilities as well as therapeutic intervention skills.

What you'll bring

• A tertiary qualification (minimum of a bachelor's degree) in a relevant human services field, with relevant experience in previous roles.
• Registration with a nationally recognised professional body is desirable where relevant.
• Demonstrated skills and sound knowledge gained through experience working with children and families
• Be able to achieve results through personal proficiency and demonstrate high-quality technical or professional work
• Experience in the area of child protection is preferred but not essential
• Current Drivers Licence
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family.

The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will: provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

When you join the UnitingCare family, you are part of something bigger. We are a proud not-for-profit with a compassionate and inclusive team who are committed to the work we do. People who want to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. For more than 100 years we’ve been inspired by our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.

We’re on a mission to make a meaningful difference every day, working with thousands of Australians to ensure they live life in all its fullness. We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team. People who stand up for what is right. Who are open to new ideas. Who champion innovation. Who lead through learning, and lead by example.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.