Child and Family Practitioner

Job No: CFP0725

Location: Canberra, ACT

Employment Status: Full-Time, Part-Time, Casual

Closing Date: 22 Jul 2025 AEST

Competitive salary ranging from $103 000 - $119 000 per annum (FTE) plus superannuation
Maximise your earning potential with salary packaging options
Make a difference in the lives of children and families impacted by alcohol, tobacco and other drugs

About the Organisation

Karralika Programs Inc has been supporting communities throughout the ACT and NSW for 45 years, providing quality support and intervention services for families and individuals impacted by alcohol tobacco and other drugs.

We employ a multidimensional approach to recovery, supporting our clients to learn about themselves behaviourally, cognitively, and emotionally to achieve and sustain positive outcomes for life. We have a multidisciplinary team of counsellors, case managers, alcohol and other drug workers, lived experience mentors and nurses across the organisation’s various programs who work with adults, couples, young people, children and families.

This full-time position works as part of a multidisciplinary team within our Residential Services, with a focus on supporting children 0-12 years and their parents living in the program as well as supporting adult residents who have children living in the community. Karralika complies with the National Child Safe Principles and works to continuously empower and value children and young people, hear their voices and engage them in decisions that impact them, engage with families and the broader community, adapt strategies to keep children and young people safe, and take action to promote child safety and wellbeing at all levels of the organisation.

The Child and Family Practitioner primarily provides therapeutic assessment, brief and therapeutic interventions, care planning and coordination to support each child’s needs and to amplify their voices and involvement in decisions using age-appropriate approaches. For our First Nations children and families, the Practitioner will work closely with our Cultural Support and Liaison Officer and support children and families to participate in cultural activities and services.In addition to one-on-one work, the Practitioner may work with families and also facilitate and co-facilitate groups, as well as working collaboratively with a range of health providers, child protection (where relevant), childcare/school and child and family services to meet the needs of the child and family.

A Rewarding Role - In More Ways Than One

In addition to a competitive salary ranging from $103,000 - $119,000 per annum (FTE) plus superannuation, the successful candidate will enjoy the opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.The role also comes with a host of additional generous benefits, including:

Salary packaging opportunities to maximise your earning potential (separate meals and entertainment packaging is also available)
Professional development opportunities available for candidates looking to upskill
Clinical Supervision and Employee Assistance Program provided

How You’ll Make a Difference

Karralika Programs is looking for an experienced child and family practitioner to join our Team in Canberra to support to the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Adult and Family Therapeutic Community and the team.

For a more thorough list of responsibilities and core duties, please visit our website: karralika.org.au and view our Work With Us page.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

You will have experience and qualifications in a field working with children and families therapeutically. You will also require a current National Police Check, current Working with Vulnerable People Registration (ACT) and unrestricted Driver’s LicenceYou will be joining a supportive team, in a values-based organisation, who sees the potential in every individual.

If you are looking for a role to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable people impacted by alcohol, tobacco and other drugs? Apply now!

We want to fill the role quickly and may recruit the right person before this advertisement closes, so we encourage early applications.

This process may be used as a merit list to fill other roles in the organisation, based on individual skills and experiences.

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