Senior Practitioner - Local Level Alliance

Save The Children Australia; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Remote benefits (location allowance)

Festive leave

Employee Assistance Program

Learning plans and career development

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Save the Children Australia is seeking a Senior Practitioner to work with the Regional Manager across the Mt Isa/Gulf region to enhance collaborative planning for vulnerable children and families.

The role is a full-time maximum term position with responsibilities including coordinating forums, identifying service gaps, and delivering holistic case management in a child-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Qualifications or equivalent experience in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, Community Services or Community Development.
• Ability to liaise with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; cross-cultural environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate forums and support the development of working parties to promote service delivery collaboration.
• Identify service gaps and communicate findings to peak bodies and decision makers.
• Provide holistic, family-centred case management for vulnerable clients to achieve positive outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Case management

Report writing

Meeting facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Cross-cultural experience

Communication skills

Community services knowledge

Education

Social work / psychology / social sciences degree

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

In this role as Senior Practitioner, you will work closely with the Regional Manager to engage with services and communities across the Mt Isa/Gulf region to enhance collaborative planning and integrated responses for vulnerable children and their families.

54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.

Proudly part of the Save the Children Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure that everyone understands their rights. So that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.

With the child’s voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose

A place to make a difference:

In this full time maximum term (till end of December 2026), you'll work as part of the Family Integrated Case Management Group team in Mt Isa/Gulf Region to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

You’ll make a difference by:

• Identifying key agencies and programs that contribute to the service systems across the Mt Isa/Gulf Region for vulnerable children and their families
• Coordination of forums and support the development of working parties and other activities that promote service delivery collaboration
• Assisting in the identification of service system gaps and communicating the information to peak bodies within the sector including decision makers
• Co-ordination of and support to Local Level Alliance/s when required
• Provide operational support for the Family Integrated Case Management Group
• Identify and network with a group of collective partners to jointly collaborate and negotiate support arrangement for families in the community to enhance the child/family safety and wellbeing
• Provide holistic case management, delivering support to vulnerable and disadvantaged clients and supporting relationships for favourable client outcomes

A place to feel valued:

You’re a highly knowledgeable practitioner with well-developed stakeholder engagement skills, demonstrated ability to facilitate high level meetings and case management experience.

This role requires:

• Sound knowledge of the community service sector; including the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander organisations and services for families, children and young people
• Demonstrated ability to identify available services and service gaps; building on community capacity to provide more efficient service provision for families and a thriving local community
• Ability to build effective relationships, liaise and work collaboratively with program stakeholders, community members, relevant Government and non-Government organisations
• Strong communication skills and experience in report writing
• Strong time management and organisation skills
• Experience leading community meetings, networks, workshops and events
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability work effectively in a team
• Demonstrated experience in liaising with community working groups and providing information relating to emerging trends, issues, needs, opportunities and challenges
• Effective communication skills – written, verbal, interpersonal; including report-writing, presentations and meeting facilitation / participation
• Knowledge and/or experience in handling child protection concerns and processes
• Demonstrated competence in use of business technology, internet and desktop applications such as MS Outlook, Word, Excel spreadsheets, database packages and web-based information sharing portals
• Qualifications and/or equal experience in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, Community Services or Community Development, with a focus on child and family service delivery
• Knowledge or an interest in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and cross-cultural environments

A place to belong:

At 54 reasons, we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Award rate salary (Level 5 - $53.43 per hour) plus full salary packaging benefits - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
• Remote Benefits: generous annual remote location allowance paid on top of your base salary, plus 5 weeks’ annual leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum - excludes FIFO arrangements
• Festive leave available, in addition to regular annual leave
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and regular monthly supervision
• Individual learning plans to assist in your career development
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Friendly and flexible work environment

Does this sound like the place for you?

Applications close: Sunday 30 August 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in, so don’t delay in applying!

Position Description: Senior Practitioner

For any queries, please contact Marjorie Doyle, Team Leader on [e-mail] Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [e-mail] We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation.All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [e-mail] for further support.