Child and Family Practitioner

UnitingCare; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

12 weeks paid parental leave

Career development opportunities

Diversity & inclusive leave

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is seeking a Child and Family Practitioner to support vulnerable children, young people and families within the Family Intervention Service in Ipswich. You’ll address child protection concerns and provide practical and emotional support.

This part-time role offers flexible work arrangements, salary packaging benefits, and opportunities for professional development while contributing to safeguarding and family wellbeing.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification (bachelor’s degree or higher) in a relevant human services discipline.
• Demonstrated experience working with children and families.
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and a current driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Work intensively with families in their homes to address child protection concerns.
• Deliver practical and emotional support and counselling to help families make informed choices about their future.

Skills

Experience with children and families

Counselling and emotional support

Home visits

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human services

Job description

Child and Family Practitioner | Family Intervention Service | Ipswich

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to 30 April 2027, Part-Time (7 days per fortnight, days negotiable)

• Location: Ipswich

• Remuneration: $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

As a Child and Family Practitioner, you will provide support to vulnerable children, young people, and families within the Family Intervention Service (FIS).

This role delivers a holistic response to the needs of each family member and the family as a whole, supporting families whose children are at imminent risk of entering out-of-home care, or who require reunification following a period of out-of-home care.

In this role you'll

• Work intensively with families in their homes to address issues relating to, but not limited to, child protection concerns.

• Deliver a combination of practical and emotional support and counselling to support families to make informed decisions to about their future.

What makes a difference for us?

• A tertiary qualification (a bachelor’s degree or higher) in a relevant human services discipline coupled with relevant experience.

• Demonstrated skills and sound knowledge gained through experience working with children and families.

• The ability to achieve results through personal proficiency while delivering high-quality professional practice.

• Experience in the child protection sector will be highly regarded.

• Working with Children Check (Blue Card).

• Current Drivers Licence.

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 opportunities to 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

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

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

Our approach is simple– everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.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.