FPRR Practitioner
FPRR Practitioner
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Job Description
About the role:
This exciting role involves working in a mobile integrated team focusing on delivering intensive handson support to families. Youll help ensure atrisk children stay at home avoiding entry or reentry into care. Through your contributions you will play a key role in providing vital wraparound services that are seamlessly connected to the existing child and family services network.
With a strong focus on collaboration innovation and evidencebased practice The Response offers an extraordinary opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of children and families. Your work will directly contribute to the ongoing development and evaluation of best practices in Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) across the state.
As part of this cohesive and passionate team youll have the chance to work alongside experts and deliver critical support to families ensuring a brighter future for children and young people. Join us in our mission to break the cycle and create a lasting impact on Victorian communities.
This is a 2x Permanent FullTime 38 hours per week) opportunity based in Bendigo within our Family Preservation & Reunification program. The position reports to the FPR Practice Leader.
Key Selection Criteria:
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Demonstrated and extensive experience and skills in assessment and clinical interventions and family centred practice with vulnerable children young people and families with complex needs
- Sound knowledge of the Children Youth and Families Act 2005 and policies relating to child welfare and the Best Interests of the Child Practice Model.
- Highly developed skills in assessing risks needs and safety for vulnerable children young people and families.
- Highly developed interpersonal communication written verbal and computer skills.
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: Linda at
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
- ClickHEREto 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 Drivers 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 persons ability cultural or linguistic backgrounds ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity gender expression intersex status relationship status religious or spiritual beliefs socioeconomic 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.
Employment Type
Full Time
