🌈 Specialist Children's Practitioner - Family Violence Refuge

📍 Location: Epping / South Morang
🕒 Part-Time | 0.6 EFT (Wednesday-Friday)
💰 SCHADS Level 5.1 - Approx. $100k FTE + Super
📞 Shared after-hours on-call roster (approximately once every 6 weeks)
⏰ Flexible working hours between 8am-6pm to support refuge operations

A rewarding opportunity is available for an experienced and compassionate practitioner to join a specialist family violence refuge supporting women and children in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

This role is focused on supporting children who have experienced family violence through therapeutic, child-centred and trauma-informed practice. You will work closely with families within the refuge setting, providing assessments, case management, parenting support and therapeutic interventions that strengthen safety, wellbeing and recovery.

🌱 About the Role

As the Specialist Children's Practitioner, you will:

• Provide case management support to children residing in refuge
• Complete child-focused risk and needs assessments
• Develop case plans and therapeutic support strategies
• Facilitate therapeutic groups and interventions for children
• Support parents through coaching, psychoeducation and parenting guidance
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary family violence team
• Contribute to creating a safe, nurturing and supportive refuge environment

💜 About You

To be successful, you will have:

• A relevant Bachelor qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Services or similar
• Direct experience working with children, particularly younger children
• Strong understanding of child development, trauma and attachment
• Experience providing parenting support and therapeutic interventions
• Knowledge or experience within the family violence sector, ideally within refuge settings
• Ability to work onsite and participate in a shared on-call roster

🚺 This is a female-only position under the Equal Opportunity Act due to the nature of the service.

🌍 Highly Regarded

Candidates who speak an additional language are strongly encouraged to apply, particularly:

• African languages
• Arabic
• Asian languages

✨ What's on Offer

• Meaningful work supporting children and families impacted by family violence
• Supportive and values-driven team environment
• Flexible work hours within refuge operating times
• Opportunity to further develop therapeutic and family violence practice skills
• SCHADS Level 5.1 salary + superannuation

If you are passionate about supporting children through trauma-informed and healing-focused practice, we would love to hear from you.

About Tradewind Australia

Tradewind Australia is a multi-award-winning recruitment agency recognised for outstanding candidate experience across the Social and Community sectors. We partner with leading organisations across Victoria, providing opportunities that align with your skills, values and career goals.

What sets us apart:

• Dedicated consultants specialising in Family Services

• Access to exclusive locum and permanent opportunities

• Support throughout the entire recruitment and onboarding process

• Transparent communication and ongoing career development support

How to Apply

Click "Apply" to submit your CV.
For more information, please contact our Family Services Team on 03 9081 0562

Commitment to Child Safety, Inclusion and being an equal opportunities employer

Tradewind Australia is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and vulnerable people. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification and Working with Children Check and further compliance requests pending the organisation's requirements.

*The Employer considers gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 and so we ask that only female applicants apply

*Tradewind considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.