Senior Child & Family Practitioner Placement Preservation Support

Life Without Barriers; Hobart; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rostered Day Off monthly

Hybrid working options

Professional development

Salary packaging

Career progression

Job summary

Life Without Barriers in Hobart, TAS, is seeking a Senior Child & Family Practitioner for a permanent full-time role. You will lead and mentor case-management staff within Placement Preservation Support and related services, using trauma-informed, therapeutic approaches to strengthen placements.

This role requires travel to client visits and families, with flexible, hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will have senior-level experience in child and family services and

Qualifications

• Experience in child and family services, including complex case management.
• Experience providing supervision or coaching to frontline teams.
• Knowledge of CARE and TCI frameworks is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide practice leadership, coaching and mentoring to case management staff.
• Support complex case reviews and case management activities.
• Lead reflective practice and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Complete assessments, planning, reviews and referrals for children and young people with complex needs.
• Promote and embed therapeutic practice frameworks, including CARE and TCI.

Skills

Practice leadership

Coaching staff

Reflective practice

Education

Degree in Social Work or Psychology

Job description

Senior Child & Family Practitioner Placement Preservation Support - Permanent Full Time - Hobart

Job no: 507193
Employment type: Full Time
Location: Hobart
Categories: Child, Youth & Family

The Organisation

At Life Without Barriers, we deliver inclusive, trauma-informed services that support children, young people, families, and carers to thrive.

Through foster and kinship care, residential care, family services, and community-based programs, we work alongside children, families, carers, and communities to create safe, supportive environments where every child and young person can reach their potential.

Join us to discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around!

About the Role

Permanent Full Time | Hobart, TAS

We are seeking an experienced Senior Child & Family Practitioner to provide practice leadership and specialist support in our Placement Preservation Support Program and Mentoring and Personalised Support Service.

The Placement Preservation Support and Mentoring and Personalised Support Service Programs works alongside children, young people, carers and families to strengthen placements and reduce the risk of placement breakdown. Through therapeutic, trauma-informed and family-focused interventions, the program aims to build resilience, strengthen support networks and help children and young people remain in stable and nurturing care environments.

You will coach and mentor casework teams, support complex case management, promote reflective practice, and help drive quality outcomes for children, young people and families.

This is a Permanent Full-Time position based in Hobart, with flexible working arrangements. Travel to client visits and families is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide practice leadership, coaching and mentoring to case management staff.
• Support complex case reviews and case management activities.
• Lead reflective practice and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Complete assessments, planning, reviews and referrals for children and young people with complex needs.
• Promote and embed therapeutic practice frameworks, including CARE and TCI.
• Deliver training and practice development activities to strengthen team capability.

Skills & Experience

• Degree qualification in Social Work, Psychology or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in child and family services, including complex case management.
• Experience providing practice leadership, supervision or coaching to frontline teams.
• Knowledge of CARE and TCI frameworks will be highly regarded.

Successful candidates will be required to clear background checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Vulnerable People Check.

• Option for monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO).
• Flexible and hybrid working options.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Salary packaging benefits.
• Supportive team culture and career progression opportunities.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

Additional Support

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.

Advertised: 15 Oct 2026 Tasmania Daylight Time
Applications close: 08 Nov 2026 23:55 Tasmania Daylight Time