Child And Family Practitioner

Child & Family Practitioner  

• Employment Term: Part-time (60.8 hours per fortnight) opportunity on a Maximum term six-month contract
• Location: Cairns 
• Remuneration: From $93,865 + 11% Super (pro rata) + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances 

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others. 

An integral part of our Family Intervention Service (FIS) team, as a Child & 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 Community team

We are currently seeking a Child and Family Practitioner to join our Family Intervention Service (FIS) team based in Cairns on a part time basis of 4 days per week for a 6 month period.  

Do you have experience and a passion for working with families and children with a focus on early intervention and prevention? Would you like to be part of a supportive team that embraces reflective practice, supervision and professional development? Then we would like to hear from you! 

In this role you will provide a holistic response to the needs of families whose children are at imminent risk of out of home placement or requiring reunification following a period of out of home care.  The Child and Family Practitioner works intensively with families in their homes to address issues relating to, but not limited to, child protection concerns. By providing negotiated combinations of therapeutic interventions, practical and emotional support, counselling and education, families are offered opportunities to make informed decisions and change for their future

You will have a strong passion for working with families and children within a therapeutic context, be able to build strong working relationships with families and key stakeholders and positively represent the activities of UnitingCare.

In addition to the above you will also be required to have:

• Minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Human Service related field
• Qld Drivers Licence
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and Family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. 

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance 
• 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 
• 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 
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others 
• 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  

Joining our Family and Child Services 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. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will: 

• Provide welcoming, safe & 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 is welcome 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.