Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 17th Feb 2021
Across Southern Queensland, Save the Children operates independent accommodation units located within secure facilities, and provides outreach support to women and children escaping domestic and family violence. In these environments women and children receive the support and information they need to make informed choices about their future, free from the immediate threat of violence. We need you to join this team of dedicated professionals, taking the lead in driving our child centered, trauma informed practice.
We're ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children's rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We've been working with families and communities in Queensland as a trusted support for children for nearly 70 years. More information on our work in Queensland is available here.
Save the Children works within a human and child rights and a child participatory approach. Our parent and child support workers operate within a practice framework that is child and women centred and trauma informed, and children are treated as individuals in their own right.
In this full-time, maximum term position (maternity leave cover, until April 2022), you'll join a team of skilled and committed domestic and family violence specialists to support our teams to embed high quality, child centered practice within each of our seven domestic and family violence refuges. You'll also work closely with the Senior Practitioner for Everyday Positive Play (EPP), a training program that supports external organisations to embed child centered, trauma informed practice within their program approaches. As part of our Australian Services team, you'll report to the Regional Manager for South East Queensland.
You will make an impact by:
You have extensive training and experience working with children and young people mixed with a strong track record of staff support and coaching. You're highly adaptable and would enjoy moving between office and refuge environments. Your ability to influence and inspire people make you a natural leader and a great fit within a team of talented and committed professionals, all of whom are dedicated to supporting women and children to exit violent relationships and live their lives in safety and to full potential.
This role requires:
It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:
We'd love to hear from you. To apply, submit your CV, along with a cover letter (no more than 2 pages in length) addressing the role requirements above, by clicking on one of the buttons in the 'Apply' section.
Position Description - Senior Practitioner, CCTIP
At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society - in race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
Save the Children Australia supports the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. If you are successful in your application, we will request consent to access HR held information pertaining to your last 5 years of employment. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.