Child and Family Practitioner

Child and Family Practitioner Family Intervention Service Mackay

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to November 2026 Part-Time (68.4 hours per fortnight)

• Location: Mackay

• Remuneration: From $51 per hour Super NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

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 peoples lives.

As a Child and Family Practitioner youll be encouraged to grow develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Lets make a meaningful difference together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

This role will be responsible for providing services to vulnerable children young people and families within the Family Intervention Service (FIS) with emphasis on delivery of high quality best practice service delivery.

This position provides:

• A holistic and therapeutic response to the needs of families and individuals that are involved in the child protection system.

• Intervention to support the reunification of children and/or young people to their biological family after spending time in out-of- home care placements or working with parents under and an Intervention with Parental Agreement case to work towards minimising the child protection worries so they can remain safe in the family home

• This role is a home-based intervention and includes case management requirements as well as therapeutic intervention skills

What makes a difference for us

• A Tertiary qualification (minimum Bachelor Degree) in a relevant human services field with relevant experience in previous roles and where relevant registration with a nationally recognised professional body is desirable

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

• QLD Suitability Card for Child Related Employment (Blue Card)

• 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

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

What makes a difference for you

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained

• Staff Discounts: Participation in our team member purchasing program

• 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

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others

Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our Lifeline team youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer were a proud not-for-profit with more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews 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

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