Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Practitioner – Clayton

• Attractive salary packaging options to increase take home pay
• Permanent full-time opportunity
• Company Vehicle and Fuel Card
• 4 Weeks Annual Leave, Increasing to 5 weeks after 2 years continual
  service

Are you passionate about helping people and families who truly need you?
Want to be part of a caring team that’s growing our impact, every day?

At Key Assets Australia, people matter so much. And here, so do you.

About Key Assets:

Key Assets Australia is a non-Government, not-for-profit children’s and
family services agency.

Key Assets was founded in Australia in 2007 and has grown to one of
Australia’s leading non-government children and family services providers.
We provide foster carer, family services and disability services. Operating
across all states and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive
and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you.

Why work with Key Assets:

Working with Key Assets is about more than just a job. Our people do so
much to put children first, so we do all we can to support them. We value
you as a whole person, not just ‘a worker’, and we truly care about your
wellbeing and your career. Because without you, we simply can’t do what we
do. And without us, the people we support won’t get the care they need.

About the role:

Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for:

• Implementing the Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Response
  including the Working with Families Key to Care Framework along with the
  common elements approach to deliver high quality services to vulnerable
  families in the Bayside Peninsula Area.

• Providing a specialist response to priority cohorts, including response
  to infants, young children and adolescents, people with disabilities, and
  /or people experiencing family violence.

• Conducting needs/risk/safety assessments, and developing time limited
  intensive intervention goals with families, ensuring the highest possible
  transparency with children, young people, and family in their homes and
  within an assertive outreach model.

• Providing a culturally competent service and respect Aboriginal children
  and families right to self-determination.

• Working collaboratively with families to identify goals and develop and
  implement therapeutic plans in their own homes.

• In accordance with the family’s goals, improve the parent(s) skills in
  parenting their children safely by providing, counselling, crisis
  intervention, psychoeducation, group work and practical support to
  families, paying particular attention to impacts of parental drug use,
  mental health problems, family violence, child abuse and neglect.

• Developing and coordinating service network response for individual
  families to ensure tailored and effective intervention dependent on
  assessed support needs and identified family goals.

• Participating in Key Care Team meetings and work closely with Child
  Protection services in relation to the monitoring of risk and individual
  outcomes reporting.

• Ensuring that the protection of children and the promotion of their
  welfare is given absolute priority in all activities and that critical
  incidents/allegations/disclosures are recorded, investigated, and acted
  upon appropriately and in keeping with Key Assets and the public sector
  Child Safety procedures.

• Participating in reflective practice and professional development and
  collaborate with Key Assets Practice leads.

A detailed outline of the core responsibilities, outcomes and relevant
qualifications and experience can be in located in the position description
on our website by clicking the Apply button.

About you:

You have a recognised and relevant qualification in counselling, systemic
psychotherapy, family therapy, clinical Social Work or Clinical Psychology
or a core qualification with significant experience and training in trauma
informed and positive behaviour planning approaches.

• Recognised Social Work Qualification, if qualification is from overseas
  then proof of validation by the AASW required. Or a Qualification in
  Psychology, Counselling, Behavioural Science, or other relevant degree may
  be considered.

• Post-qualification experience in child and family work

• Proven track record in working with and or on behalf of children,
  respecting and maintaining their individuality and promoting their positive
  development.

• Experience and understanding of Child and Family Service, Child
  Protection and Court Orders.

• Experience in undertaking comprehensive assessments to develop,
  implement, monitor, and review service delivery and support plans.

• Experience in assessing parenting capacity.

• Excellent report writing skills.

• Experience working with resistant clients.

• Ability to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

If you have a systematic approach to your work, professional networks and
you believe you have the qualifications, skills and experience to ensure
success in the Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Practitioner
position, we encourage you to Apply.

For further information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Mikaela Keys – Vic Operations Manager on 0439 387 312.

Key Assets Australia may interview suitable individuals prior to the
closing date of this campaign, this campaign may also be extended at
any time.

To comply with Victoria’s public health order on mandatory COVID-19
vaccinations, it is a requirement of this role that the successful
candidate is fully vaccinated prior to commencing employment with Key
Assets Australia.

KEY ASSETS THE CHILDREN’S SERVICES PROVIDER
is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and all applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We believe in diversity and inclusion in our team, and with that in
mind, we encourage First Nations peoples, people from CALD backgrounds,
LGBTQI+, neurodiverse and people of all abilities to apply.

We are a committed partner in reconciliation and all applications for this
role are valued. We look forward to hearing from you. If you would like to
more information regarding our commitment to reconciliation, please view
our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at keyassets.org.au.