Family Preservation & Reunification (FPR) Practitioner

The FPR practitioner will bring an innovative, intensive and wrap around service that will work with the whole family system. 

About the role:

Join Our Impactful Team! Help Transform the Lives of Children and Families.

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families? We're seeking dynamic individuals to join our Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) program—a cutting-edge, integrated approach designed to keep families together and prevent children from entering or re-entering care.

As part of our intensive intervention phase, you'll be delivering life-changing support via a mobile, flexible model. You'll then help sustain this progress through ongoing, tailored service support, ensuring at-risk children can safely remain with their parents or be reunified when possible.

Our FPR program doesn’t operate in isolation—it links, aligns, and strengthens existing child and family services across the state, creating a seamless continuum of care that supports families in need. Your role will contribute directly to the continuous development of this program, shaping the future of child protection services in Victoria and strengthening the evidence base for best-practice family support.

Working within a collaborative, evidence-based framework, you’ll help empower families to overcome challenges and create lasting change. You’ll be an integral part of a cohesive, highly motivated team, working alongside the FPR Practice Leader to make a real impact.

If you're looking to be part of a pioneering team committed to transforming the future of child and family services, this is your opportunity. Join us and help create a brighter future for children and families across Victoria!

This is a Full-Time opportunity (38 hours per week) based at our Broadmeadows Office. The position reports to the FPR Practice Team Leader.

Key Selection Criteria:

• Significant work experience in a relevant field which supports an understanding of key child development issues relating to young parents and their families who have complex needs.
• Understanding of and demonstrated experience working with issues such as attachment, trauma, and intergenerational disadvantage.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, and families with complex trauma needs.

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.

For more information, please contact:

FPR Team Leader Julia Failla at julia.failla@mackillop.org.au or on 0475182550.

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training 
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees. 

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence.
• Valid and current Working with Children Card.
• Valid and current NDIS Worker Check (for NDIS risk assessed roles).
• Satisfactory criminal history check conducted by MacKillop Family Services.
• Successful completion of Brief & Intermediate MARAM training, or a willingness to complete. 

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.

The role requires the incumbent to hold a relevant tertiary qualification, which may include a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Child Development, Psychology or a related subject area. Candidates who are working towards their Bachelor degree or who hold a relevant Diploma qualification and have substantial experience, are also encouraged to apply. The role requires some flexibility from the incumbent as they may be required to work outside of the standard business hours but within 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, subject to the needs of our clients and the program.