Children & Young Persons Practice Leader

Uniting Vic.Tas Careers; Sale; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meal entertainment benefit $2,650

Purchase leave program

Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks

Additional 17.5% on annual leave

Job summary

Uniting Vic.Tas Careers is seeking a Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader to provide expert practice leadership within The Orange Door, guiding responses for children and young people, and supporting families experiencing family violence. The role partners with hub leaders to build workforce capability and ensure high-quality interventions.

You will lead complex service delivery initiatives, engage multi-disciplinary teams, and promote best-practice safeguarding across Victoria and

Qualifications

• Professional clinical experience and relevant qualification(s) in social work, psychology or related discipline.
• Current Victoria drivers licence.
• Experience leading practice in complex service delivery with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert practice leadership within The Orange Door and champion voices, safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Build workforce capability and guide best-practice responses.
• Support high-quality interventions for children, young people and families experiencing family violence and other vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with hub leaders and specialist practitioners to coordinate services.

Skills

Leadership

Family violence knowledge

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Policy & practice leadership

Education

Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent

Job description

Contract, Full time

1d ago , from Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Ltd

• Full Time Max term position until 30 June 2027
• SCHADS Level 8 + Super + Salary packaging
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• Based at Sale

Your new role

As a Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader, you will provide expert practice leadership within The Orange Door, championing the voices, safety and wellbeing of infants, children and young people. Working alongside hub leaders and specialist practitioners, you will build workforce capability, guide best-practice responses, and support high-quality interventions for children, young people and families experiencing family violence and other vulnerabilities.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• Working in a large values-led organisation with real community impact.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You will meet the person specification in the position description, including Professional clinical experience and relevant qualification(s) in social work, psychology or a related discipline.

You will also have:

• Current Drivers licence valid in Victoria
• A strong knowledge and understanding of the drivers/causes of family violence and child and family vulnerability, as well as the child and family services and/or broader social services sector and their fundamental practices and theories is required.
• Demonstrated experience in leading practice within complex service delivery contexts, particularly multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to the

View the position description here.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are proud to work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply. We are committed to creating a culturally safe, welcoming and supportive workplace.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTQIA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.

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