Address- Great Culture and rewarding work.
- Generous salary packaging, increase your take home pay by up to 12%.
- Flexible working arrangements – part time 0.5FTE.
UCWB
Our purpose: Together we build connected and thriving communities.
Our Values:
- Bold and Brave
- Open and Curious
- Connected and Inclusive
Our Strategy:
- Innovate and build thriving communities.
- Grow positive impact together with community.
- Mobilise our vibrant, engaged, learning organisation.
UCWB builds connected and thriving communities with a team of over 220 staff and volunteers. For 140 years, we’ve been helping people create positive futures and lead independent lives they are proud of.
UCWB provides the services in relation to mental health, aged care, NDIS, Child and Family, psychology, financial wellbeing and child care throughout the greater Adelaide region.
At UCWB, we celebrate the power of difference and the strength that harnessing our differences creates. We value the experience and expertise of people from all cultures, ages, spiritualties, disabilities, genders, sexualities, thinking patterns, caring status, bodies, and backgrounds. We are committed to action that makes our organisation and the wider community welcoming, safe and inclusive.
UCWB recognises and promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people, their right to be heard, participate in decisions affecting them, and their needs be taken seriously in a safe and respectful environment. We commit to the following principles and actions:
- We will work to inform children, young people and their families about their rights, including safety, information and participation.
- In our interactions, we will ensure that children and young people have access to safe physical and online environments, and we will minimise the opportunity for them to be harmed.
- We will recognise the importance of friendships and encourage support from peers in helping children feel safe and connected.
- We will ensure children have access to abuse prevention information that is appropriate to their age and context.
- Our staff and volunteers are trained to recognise the signs of abuse and grooming and are skilled to facilitate child-friendly ways for children to express their views and raise concerns.
Senior Practitioner, Child and Family Services
As an experienced Senior Practitioner, you will provide supervision and guidance to service delivery teams to ensure services are delivered to children and families to help strengthen relationships, enhance protective factors across the child development continuum and improve their social and emotional wellbeing.
This opportunity will suit someone who has an interest in integrated service delivery and a passion for promoting child safety and wellbeing.
Does this describe you?
You have a passion for promoting and protecting children’s rights, striving every day to improve the safety, wellbeing and development of children and families. Empowering children, young people, parents, carers, and families to develop their knowledge, skills and resilience is a key motivator for you. You have extensive experience and knowledge of Child and Family centred practice, child development and mental health, particularly with vulnerable families and children from backgrounds of trauma and, or disadvantage. You are keen to provide guidance and practice supervision to a small team.
You will also bring the following to the role:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Social Science or equivalent.
- Experience working in an environment requiring cultural sensitivity.
- Attuned to signs of harm and ability to facilitate child friendly ways for children and young people to express their views, participate in decision-making and raise their concerns.
- Demonstrable experience and knowledge of Child and Family-centred practice particularly that of families and children experiencing trauma and/or disadvantage.
What we can offer you
- Industry-leading job satisfaction and workplace flexibility.
- Salary packaging/tax free income for eligible employees offering 6-12% increase in your take-home pay.
- An equal opportunity workplace where diversity, inclusion and lived experience are genuinely valued.
- Career and personal development opportunities.
- Personalised support and counselling for mental health challenges for you, your immediate household members, in person, over the phone or online.
- Flexible leave provisions including access to 4 weeks paid parental leave in excess of the government scheme for eligible employees, 4 weeks annual leave, option to apply for up to 2 weeks leave in advance and option to cash out long service leave after 7 years of service.
- Superannuation Guarantee paid on every eligible dollar earned.
- Discounts on a range of products and services through our salary packaging provider Community Business Bureau (CBB).
You will thrive in a supportive workplace which celebrates its rich, diverse and inclusive workforce.
Location
This role is based at Bowden just a short walk to the popular Plant 3 and Plant 4 entertainment complex in Gibson Street, however some off-site work will be required.
To Apply for this Job
- Review the Role Profile (Recruitment Website) and consider whether you meet the Essential Criteria and the screening requirements. For any enquiries in relation to the role, please contact Rell Semmens at ************@ucwb.org.au.
- Submit your application and upload your resume and cover letter at this link (Recruitment Website).
- Applications close 5.00 pm on Tuesday 25 June 2024.
- UCWB will provide reasonable adjustments for applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process. If you require adjustments, please advise us via *******@ucwb.org.au or by telephoning 0882457***.
