Restoring Families Practitioner

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MacKillop Family Services seeks a Restoring Families Practitioner in Wodonga to provide intensive wraparound support to families with children from unborn to 18 years, delivering home-based and community work for 4 to 6 months with flexible hours as required. A tertiary qualification (or substantial Diploma/experience) plus the ability to build parental capacity, assess risk and safety, and connect families to education and services while respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is preferred. Please address the full Key Selection Criteria, demonstrate culturally safe practice, hold a current Driver’s Licence, Working with Children and NDIS checks, and be prepared for outreach. Shortlisting may commence immediately.

About the role:

The RF Practitioner will provide intensive wraparound service and support to families, where children ages range from unborn to 18 years. This role includes a high volume of outreach and requires flexibility including availability to work outside of business hours as required to meet family needs.

The RF Practitioner will engage parents/carers to understand and respond to children and young peoples needs, and to build their capacity as parents/carers to support improved family functioning. They will support the parents/carers to provide for their children’s health, safety and development as well as work towards building their confidence, self-reliance and sustainability through access to therapeutic supports, education, vocational training and employment. RF Practitioners will work with families to explore referrals to other services as required.

The RF Practitioner will deliver the program in the home and community as needed for approximately 4 to 6 months. However, the length of the program is flexible in-line with family needs, and some families may benefit from more extended engagement to achieve identified goals. Areas of clinical focus include risk assessment and safety planning, and practitioners will strive to empower parents/carers to help their babies, children and adolescent’s live safely in the community, attain school/vocational goals, and develop prosocial behaviours. Practitioners will work with the ecology of the family which includes any identified family/community, schools, childcare, and other services identified as supports by the family.

The RF Practitioner will engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in a culturally safe and competent way. This includes engaging in regular consultation with MacKillop’s Nanyubak Unit and including ongoing training. 

This is a Full-Time Fixed Term (38 hours per week - 1 EFT until 30/6/2027)] opportunity based in Wodonga, VIC within our Restoring Families Program. The position reports to the Restoring Families Practice Leader.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, the incumbent will have:

The role requires the incumbent to hold a relevant tertiary qualification, which may include a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Child Development, Psychology or a related subject area. Candidates who are working towards their Bachelor degree or who hold a relevant Diploma qualification and have substantial experience, are also encouraged to apply. The role requires some flexibility from the incumbent as they may be required to work outside of the standard business hours but within 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, subject to the needs of clients and the program

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.

For more information, please contact:

Rebecca Williams at [email protected]

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training 
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees. 

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.