YFS is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Family Practitioner who is keen to back young parents and their children to thrive. 

You’ll be part of an exciting integration initiative. Our new service model brings together a multi-disciplinary team to back young parents and their families to overcome adversity through relationship-based work and access to specialists. 

Join Logan’s leading community services organisation that’s rated by staff as a truly great place to work.

About the job

Role location: Slacks Creek 
Role type: Permanent, full-time 
Pay range: $77,832 to $79,864 a year based on experience, with salary sacrificing available 

Family Resource Practitioners build strong relationships with young families, to support them to articulate their goals and ambitions, developing a tailored response to young families and “do what it takes” to support each family member to thrive.

The team works together to build young parents’ capacity, confidence and wellbeing and improve children’s development.

You will adapt approaches to the work depending on the family’s capacity and circumstances at the time.

About you

If you are passionate and knowledgeable about backing young parents to thrive, and well-equipped with case management, coaching or support work experience working with vulnerable families, we would love to hear from you.

The job will involve responding to the specific needs of young parents through a new evidence informed service model. Direct experience working with young people, particularly young parents, will be highly regarded.

Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related position description available from www.yfs.org.au/about/jobs-yfs, you will need to be flexible, positive, resilient, resourceful and engaging.

Interested?

Read Advice for Job Applicants and check out our Organisational Chart at http://www.yfs.org.au/workwithus/application-process  

Send us your resume and a one-page covering letter outlining what you will bring to the job to [email protected].

Closing date: Tuesday 4 October 2022 at 9am

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 10 October. 

People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and people from culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

In this role you are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID.

About us 

At YFS, we make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people living in the Logan and surrounding area. And we want our staff to thrive, too. So we offer great opportunities to develop your career.

We’re serious about your professional development. Half of our managers have been employed from within. And we empower each other to make decisions and try new ways of working.

We know that a happy workplace thrives. We recognise that staff have their own needs, so we encourage you to bring the entire you to work. Depending on your role, we support a number of flexible work arrangements.

Also, we offer great employment benefits including above-average pay rates, generous salary packaging (exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax) and counselling support.

To find out more about working with us, head to www.yfs.org.au/workwithus.