Family Support Practitioner

Part time (30hrs per week) until 30 June 2027 SCHADS 5 We strongly encourage applications from First Nationspeoples, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability, people of colour, publichousing residents, and people with lived experience. Drummond Street Services is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With Children Check and National Police Check. About the role The Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre (GMMHC), a partnership between Neami National, Drummond Street and Wathaurong, is an exciting new service which provides the Geelong community an alternative service to attend when experiencing mental health crisis. The service will have a strong focus on lived experience and will support a high engagement, multi‑disciplinary crisis model. The Family Support Practitioner is an exciting role, responsible for providing high quality services to consumers experiencing mental health crisis and their families presenting to the Centre. You will work alongside a multi‑disciplinary team inclusive of mental health clinicians, peer workers and specialised roles. As a Family Practitioner, you will draw on your discipline skills, to engage with consumers and their families/friends/carers, other clinicians, the consumer’s treatment team to provide high quality family support assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for consumers and their families accessing Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre. Your responsibilities Provide support for consumers and their families that reduces risks and increases protective factors for a range of mental health and wellbeing outcomes including family violence risk. Utilise prevention and early intervention strategies that are holistic and family centred. Actively contribute as a team member to the delivery of integrated mental health service delivery with the aim to more effectively support consumers and their families and promote the recovery model. Support the design, delivery and implementation of evidence‑based and intentional family‑based programmes. Assertive engagement of consumer cohorts that have specific needs. Key Selection Criteria: Please address the following in your application to be considered Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Family Therapy or Psychology or other relevant qualification and further training in relation to family work. Significant experience in the family services and/or mental health sectors in a similar role. Demonstrated knowledge and application of a range of therapeutic approaches for individuals, couples, families. Demonstrated experience with providing supportive counselling and case work that supports families with multiple and complex needs such as mental health, family violence, AOD issues. Demonstrated understanding of the needs, issues and sensitivities of people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal, LGBTIQA+ and culturally and linguistically diverse people and communities. Demonstrated capacity to work creatively, show initiative, contribute ideas and be active in a supportive team environment in an agency working to support individual and family relationships. Demonstrated high level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills. Highly Desirable You identify as belonging to one or more of the communities with whom DS assertively engages. Please review the position description which outlines the full list of responsibilities and key selection criteria via our website Application process Applications close at midnight on Sunday 18 January 2026 All applications will be directed to our careers portal – Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre All applicants must include a resume with a cover letter addressing all the key selection criteria for the position. Applicants shortlisted for an interview will be required to provide evidence of their qualifications during the interview process. Suitable applicants that apply before the closing date will be offered an interview. For further information please contact Vicki Khouri on or ************@ds.org.au #J-18808-Ljbffr