Job Description
🌿 Team Leader - Aboriginal Child Protection (ACAC Wartaka Team)
📍 Relocate to Bendigo
🏢 Partnering with a leading Aboriginal organisation in Bendigo
📅 Full-Time
💰 Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award Level 6 - $110,000-$114,000 plus salary packaging and superannuation
Are you an experienced Child Protection Team Leader, or a Senior / Advanced Child Protection Practitioner who has provided mentoring and informal leadership to staff?
We are currently partnering with a respected Aboriginal organisation in Bendigo to recruit a Team Leader within the Aboriginal Child Protection Team (ACAC Wartaka).
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role within a culturally strong, community-led environment making a real difference for Aboriginal children and families.
About the Role
The Team Leader plays a critical role in guiding and supporting a dedicated team of practitioners working with children, families, and community to promote safety, stability, and wellbeing.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing day-to-day leadership, supervision and practice guidance to practitioners
Ensuring high-quality service delivery within a statutory framework
Operating under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
Overseeing case allocation and managing cases awaiting allocation
Supporting sound decision-making and risk assessment
Contributing to a positive, culturally safe team environment
You will lead a small, dynamic team and play a pivotal role in strengthening outcomes for Aboriginal children.
About You
Previous experience as a Child Protection Team Leader,
ORSenior / Advanced Child Protection Practitioner experience with demonstrated mentoring and leadership capability
Strong statutory Child Protection background
Confidence operating within legislative and court frameworks
Demonstrated ability to support, guide and develop practitioners
Commitment to culturally safe and respectful practice
Willingness to relocate to Bendigo if not currently local
What Is on Offer
Salary under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award Level 6 ($110,000-$114,000)
Access to salary packaging benefits
Superannuation
Supportive and culturally grounded workplace
Opportunity to lead meaningful work within the Bendigo community
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.
*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.
