• Status: Full-time Fixed term until 30/06/2026
  
• Salary: $93,381.24 - $99,929.74 (inclusive of all allowances/loading), plus super
  
• Qualification: Relevant degree in social work, child art and play therapy, counselling, children or community services
  
• Location: Wadeye Safe House, Wadeye, Northern Territory

Located in the small coastal community of Wadeye, 420kms from Darwin. Living in Wadeye truly gives you the opportunity to experience and understand the benefit and challenges of living and working in remote Australia.

Working alongside locally employed staff, you can learn from the local Aboriginal people. All while being supported by a small team, where your ideas and input can have genuine impact on the service and community.

You'll make a difference by

• A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by victims of domestic, family and sexual violence
• Experience working therapeutically with children and young people
• Proven history of developing and maintaining productive working relationships with key external stake holders and referrers
• Skills and experience in the following: case management and the development of safety plans for children and young people and their families experiencing or at risk of domestic family and sexual violence (DFSV)
• Developing and facilitating education and awareness raising programs that target early intervention and protective behaviours to reduce the impact of DFSV with a focus on delivering holistic support and early intervention programs for children and young people and relevant community members
• Evidence‐based trauma informed practices in the delivery of programs and services including psychosocial support, therapeutic programs and early intervention to support emotional wellbeing
• Support families to access local support networks and specialist agencies where available
• Respect and account for cultural consideration when developing programs and strategies to reduce DFSV

On offer to you

• Above award salary
• Free share housing available
• Relocation allowance up to $3000
• Six weeks leave per year
• Free quarterly return flights to Darwin
• Mobile + laptop provided
• Support, coaching and mentoring provided
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Rewards program for people who stay with One Tree long term
• Join a successful national not-for-profit with room to grow your career

About You

You will be incredibly versatile; able to provide holistic therapeutic support, run educational programs, and work with the broader community to achieve genuine outcomes – all in a day’s work. You will also need:

• A relevant qualification in social work, psychology, welfare or community services is a requirement of this position.
• Eligible to work in Australia
• Satisfactory Police Clearance (not older than 6 months from the issue date)
• Current working with children card (valid in NT)
• Northern Land Council Permit- residential
• Current Driver's licence

What we need from you

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For more information or to request a copy of the position description, call or email us on (08) 6250 4103 or [email protected], using the subject line: Children and Young People Specialist DFSV Worker - Wadeye enquiry via EthicalJobs.

One Tree, the place to be.

To view our website, visit: onetree.org.au.

Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance for any kind of child abuse.