• Part Time Fixed Term 12 months
• Ballarat Location
• Salary Range: $88,243.81- $94,956.55 plus 12% superannuation (pro rata) + salary packaging
• Award-winning inclusive employer

Our Opportunity

Are you passionate about supporting families through reunification and preservation? Cafs is a values-driven organisation seeking a practitioner to deliver in-home interventions that enhance child safety, family functioning, and permanency. You'll provide practical guidance informed by attachment, trauma, and child development theories, conduct risk assessments, and develop Family Action Plans.

About You

We are looking for a motivated, values-driven individual with foundational experience in working with vulnerable families and/or children within the community services, family therapy or psychology related discipline. The ideal candidate will thrive when working autonomously and collaboratively within a dynamic team.

Skills & Attributes

• Tertiary Qualifications (Diploma and above) in Social Work, Welfare Studies, Family Therapy, Psychology or related discipline
• Foundational experience working with vulnerable families and/or children
• Develop individualised Family Action Plans for each family that articulate clearly protective concerns, agreed goals and bottom lines for the intervention.
• Conduct time-limited family assessments, educational interventions and practical advice to families utilising attachment, trauma, child development theories and other relevant frameworks required to address the identified goals of the intervention.
• Empathy & Cultural Awareness: Communicates well with, relates to and understands concerns from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures & backgrounds. Pays attention to words, expressions and body language, shapes responses to individuals based on a range of information received.

Our Organisation

Cafs (Child and Family Services Ballarat) is an independent community service organisation based in Ballarat for over 160 years. We provide over 50 programs across a range of service areas providing care for clients within communities across the central highland region. Our practice is underpinned by our preferred model of care Trust Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI) with our organisational values of Respect, Innovation, Collaboration, Kindness and Integrity at the forefront of everything we do.

What We Offer

• Inclusive, supportive, and innovative teams
• Above award entitlements, including 3 days paid Christmas leave
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Salary packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment

Interested?

We would love to hear from you, to find out more about this opportunity contact Bernadette Keogh Team Leader Keeping Families Together and Melissa Forbes People and Engagement Business Partner on 03 5337 3333. To find out more please find the position description on our website: https://cafs.org.au/child-and-family-services-ballarat-careers/

To Apply

To apply for this role please go to our careers webpage: https://cafs.org.au/positions-available/ and select apply now Applications will be received until Wednesday the 27th of August 2025 at 5pm. Please note that applications may be reviewed as they are received, and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.

All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and employment will be subject to satisfactory Police and Working With Children Checks. Our Commitment Inclusion and diversity are at the heart of everything we do at Cafs.

We welcome applications from all people, especially Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, the LGBTIQA community, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Supporting your application Our recruitment process includes 1-2 panel discussions. Some questions may be provided in advance. For adjustments or support, contact [email protected]