Senior Practitioner Integrated Case Management for Youth Academy

Save The Children Australia; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 61,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award rate salary

Relocation assistance

Individual learning plans

Extra leave

Employee wellbeing program

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Save The Children Australia in Cairns is seeking a Senior Practitioner to launch the Ohana Academy, delivering holistic case management to young people aged 10–16 and their families within a wraparound support model.

You will work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, coordinate staff, and develop partnerships to ensure high-quality service delivery, supervision, and positive outcomes for the community.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge, understanding and experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and families, families at risk, and young people involved in the youth justice system
• Degree or Diploma in a related field, or significant relevant experience
• Other skills and experience as outlined in the position description linked below

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a caseload of families and caregivers of young people who have been in contact with the youth justice system, including parent coaching which aims to build family capacity
• Using partnership, outcomes based, strengths’ perspective andclient-centred approaches
• Driving quality program planning and implementation, including mentoring our Youth Specialists
• Developing and maintaining operational stakeholder relationships that are critical to the success of the program
• Coordinating staff caseloads and program logistics, monitoring and evaluation, risk management and child protection

Job description

Save The Children Australia in Cairns is seeking a Senior Practitioner to launch the Ohana Academy, delivering holistic case management to young people aged 10–16 and their families within a wraparound support model.

You will work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, coordinate staff, and develop partnerships to ensure high-quality service delivery, supervision, and positive outcomes for the community.