Are you passionate about making a difference? Join Us as a Family Preservation and Reunification Response (FPRR) Practitioner! Help families stay together and thrive by providing vital support and advocacy.
Employee Benefits
- Above Award Salary – $97,537.44 – $101,951.17 (Based on Qualifications and Experience).
- 11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave (Pro-rata).
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
About the Role
The Family Preservation and Reunification Response (FPRR) Practitioner is a vital position within a collaborative initiative in partnership with Meli, Mpower, and Warrnambool City Council. This role is central to the delivery of the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification Response (FPRR) response, an evidence-based program designed to prevent at-risk children from entering or re-entering care.
As an FPRR Practitioner, you will implement a wrap-around, evidence-informed case management approach, working closely with children and families to provide rapid, intensive, and sustained interventions. Your work will involve close collaboration with partner agencies to deliver culturally safe, relational, and adaptable support tailored to the unique needs of each family. Your responsibilities will include conducting intensive assessments, care team planning, safety and risk planning, and implementing parenting strategies to promote resilience and self-determination.
This role requires flexibility, including after-hours work, and a commitment to a strengths-based, child and family-centered approach. You will report to both the FPR Team Leader at Meli and the Family Services Team Leader at Brophy, ensuring a coordinated and effective response for the families you serve
A full list of key duties is outlined in the Position Description, but includes responsibilities in:
- Delivery of the Family Preservation and Reunification Response providing a rapid, intensive, wraparound response to meet the immediate safety and developmental needs of children and support the adult needs of parents.
- Work intensively with children, young people and families to support family preservation and reunification in line with the Child Protection case plan and Care Team.
- Proactively participate in case supervision, developing the practice framework including Communities of Practice approaches, case reviews, monitoring and evaluation.
Do your skills include:
- Demonstrated ability to make sound assessments and decisions, in some instances in crisis or stressful situations, whilst maintaining confidential and professional boundaries
- Ability to undertake counselling and group work utilising the primary theories and frameworks that are recognised as appropriate and effective in working with women and children.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, practices and procedures relevant to the program area.
Are your credentials:
- A tertiary qualification in social work, psychology, community services work or equivalent.
- Current Full Victorian Drivers Licence.
About Brophy:
Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 200 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.
Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:
Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.
For more information please contact hr@brophy.org.au on 03 5561 8888.
Applications close on Friday 29th November, or sooner if a successful candidate is appointed.
Applications will be assessed as they are received, and candidates may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.