Restoring Families Practitioner

Oz Child; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 93,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meals & entertainment packaging

Ex Gratia days

Job summary

OzChild is seeking a passionate Restoring Families Practitioner to join our team on a part-time basis (4 days per week) in Melbourne. You will deliver intensive, evidence-informed support to children, young people, and families with complex needs, working with Child Protection and partners to strengthen safety and promote sustainable change.

Your practice will be grounded in strengths-based, relational, trauma-informed, and culturally safe approaches, ensuring families are supported in a

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or related discipline.
• Experience with vulnerable children, youth, and families.
• Strong understanding of child safety and risk assessment.
• Ability to engage families using strengths-based, culturally responsive approaches.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience collaborating with Child Protection and community services.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Flexibility to meet the needs of families and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver intensive, child-focused and family-centred casework in line with legislative and program requirements.
• Work directly with children and young people in meaningful, age-appropriate, culturally safe ways.
• Complete comprehensive assessments, planning, intervention, and review processes with families and stakeholders.
• Respond to referrals within required timeframes, including urgent and high-risk situations.
• Apply evidence-informed approaches including Safe & Together, MARAM, Motivational Interviewing, and relational practice.
• Maintain accurate and timely case records within required timeframes.
• Use flexible funding to support family-identified goals and reduce barriers to engagement.
• Participate in care team meetings, supervision, and reflective practice.
• Collaborate with Child Protection and community services for coordinated responses.
• Work flexibly between 8:00am–8:00pm across your 4 working days to meet family needs.
• Support culturally safe practice, including partnerships with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.

Skills

Social Work degree

Experience with vulnerable children

Child safety knowledge

Engagement skills

Communication skills

Collaboration with Child Protection

Organisation skills

Flexibility

Education

Social Work/Psychology/Community Services degree

Job description

OzChild is seeking a passionate and experienced Restoring Families Practitioner to join our team on a part-time basis (4 days per week).

In this role, you will deliver intensive, evidence-informed support to children, young people, and families experiencing complex needs. You will work collaboratively with families, Child Protection, and community partners to strengthen safety, improve family functioning, and support sustainable change.

Your practice will be grounded in strengths-based, relational, trauma-informed, and culturally safe approaches, ensuring families are supported in a respectful and empowering way.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

• Deliver intensive, child-focused and family-centred casework in line with legislative and program requirements
• Work directly with children and young people in meaningful, age-appropriate, culturally safe ways
• Complete comprehensive assessments, planning, intervention, and review processes with families and stakeholders
• Respond to referrals within required timeframes, including urgent and high-risk situations
• Apply evidence-informed approaches including Safe & Together, MARAM, Motivational Interviewing, and relational practice
• Maintain accurate and timely case records within required timeframes
• Use flexible funding to support family-identified goals and reduce barriers to engagement
• Participate in care team meetings, supervision, and reflective practice
• Collaborate with Child Protection and community services for coordinated responses
• Work flexibly between 8:00am–8:00pm across your 4 working days to meet family needs
• Support culturally safe practice, including partnerships with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations

About You

You are a skilled practitioner who thrives in complex environments and is committed to improving outcomes for children and families.

You will bring:

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Services or related discipline
• Experience working with vulnerable children, young people, and families
• Strong understanding of child safety, risk assessment, and case practice
• Ability to engage families using strengths-based and culturally responsive approaches
• Excellent communication, engagement, and relationship-building skills
• Experience working collaboratively with Child Protection and community services
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Flexibility to meet the needs of families and service delivery

Requirements

• Working with Children Check
• National Police Check (and International if required)
• Current Driver’s Licence and access to reliable transport
• Completion of mandatory training upon commencement

What OzChild has to offer

• Full Time Permanent role
• Salary Packaging $ 15,900 plus the ability to package $ 2650 meals and entertainment
• SCHADS 5 $100,776.00 pro rata to 4 days plus super
• Ex Gratia days Easter & Christmas
• A unique culture promoting diversity, cultural competence and shared values.
• A collaborative and cohesive working culture with informal video check in to help you stay connected to the team.

OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply.

OzChild is committed to providing a recruitment process which embeds the values of equity, diversity, and inclusivity, and commit to making reasonable adjustments where necessary to ensure all individuals have equal opportunity to fully participate in the process. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage individuals of diverse gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural and religious backgrounds to apply.

OzChild is committed to the employment of Aboriginal people and providing a work environment in which Aboriginal peoples' cultures, beliefs and values are acknowledged and respected, and in which the individual career goals and personal aims of Aboriginal staff are identified, promoted and achieved.

OzChild is a child-safe organisation committed to protecting children and young people from all forms of abuse, bullying, exploitation and neglect, and to creating environments in all our programs and services where children are safe and feel safe.