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

A place where your purpose matters. Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure 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, advocating with them so that children develop, learn, and are connected, safe and confident. Our people are proudly local, reflective of the communities we serve – in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services – this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

Here you’re empowered to make a difference in children’s lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems.

In this part-time permanent position (30.4 hours per week), you’ll work within our Domestic and Family Violence Refuge Program, playing a key role in supporting and implementing our practice framework within the refuge environment. Reporting to the Team Leader, you’ll be based in Brisbane in our crisis accommodation program working within a rotational roster Monday – Sunday between 8am & 8pm. We value maintaining a healthy work life balance and have incorporated considerations to support this.

You will make a difference by:

• Supporting the Team Leader to implement our Child Centred Trauma Informed Practice Framework in a DFV Refuge environment
• Providing coaching and mentoring to the team of DFV and Child Specialist practitioners
• Supporting and strengthening informal and formal external networks with likeminded organisations and professionals
• Providing crisis DFV support to women and children within the specialised model of the service

A place to feel valued:

Your expertise in the Domestic and Family Violence sector and in working with children and young people is invaluable. You’re highly adaptable with high levels of initiative, and you’re able to confidently assess risk and develop comprehensive safety plans according to individual need. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow.

Bringing your best every day means:

• Qualifications in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology or related field, or significant relevant experience
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to lead, coach and develop a team, as well as work effectively in a team
• Ability to utilise your skills, knowledge, understanding, and experience working with families that are living with trauma to influence and guide practitioners to ensure safe and ethical practice
• Proven experience in applying a trauma informed and strength-based approach with a focus on service user advocacy and network engagement
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills

A place to belong:

54 reasons is proudly part of Save the Children Australia. We are a learning organisation that invests in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 1100 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:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• Award rate salary ($49.28 per hour) plus penalty rates, and access to full PBI salary packaging benefits – (use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you)
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Applications Close: Sunday 25^th August 2024

Position Description: Senior Practitioner Bridges

For more information about this position, please contact Charissa Burns on 0429 970 162 or [email protected]. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

It is a genuine requirement of this position that it be filled by a woman as permitted in sections 25, 104 and 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act, 1991.

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 [email protected]. 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. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

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 [email protected] for further support.