Family Preservation & Reunification (FPR) Practitioner

at  MacKillop Family Services

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

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For more information, please contact:
FPR Practice Team Leader Julia Failla at julia.failla@mackillop.org.au or on 0475182550.

This position is situated within the Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Region covering the Hume Merri-bek area, in the Family & Community Services program.
The Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Program, is funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH).
The FPR includes an initial intensive intervention phase, delivered through a mobile and integrated approach, followed by a sustained service support phase, aimed at preventing at-risk children entering or re-entering care or reunifying children with their parents. FPR will link to, align with, and build on (and not duplicate) existing child and family services within the broader service system, providing an enhanced continuum of care across the state. It will be evaluated and continuously developed to enhance the FPR evidence-base for Victorian child and family services (including Child Protection).
The model is an integrated and evidence-based/evidence-informed approach to supporting and problem solving with families and preventing children and young people’s re/entry to out of home care. The team will work as a cohesive whole and report directly to the FPR Practice Leader.