Senior Case Manager - Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care

Relocate to Bendigo

Are you a Melbourne-based CPP3 practitioner looking for a meaningful career move away from metro Child Protection while continuing to utilize your statutory experience?

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a respected Aboriginal organisation in Bendigo to recruit an experienced Senior Case Manager - Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care. This opportunity is specifically suited to experienced Melbourne Child Protection practitioners seeking relocation to a regional community‑focused role.

Key Responsibilities

- Working collaboratively with children, families, and community to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Operating within the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
- Exercising legal delegations and statutory responsibilities
- Undertaking protective interventions where required
- Supporting Aboriginal children to remain connected to family, culture, and community
- Managing complex and high‑risk cases within a senior capacity

Qualifications

- Greater community connection
- A culturally strong and values‑led organisation
- Continued senior‑level case management work
- A meaningful long‑term career move
- Current or recent CPP3 Child Protection Practitioner experience
- Minimum two years’ experience at CPP3 level within mainstream Child Protection
- Strong statutory Child Protection experience
- Confidence operating within legislative and court frameworks




- Demonstrated capability managing complex and high‑risk cases
- Commitment to culturally safe and respectful practice
- Willingness to relocate from Melbourne to Bendigo (if not already local)

What’s on Offer

- Salary above $100,000 under SCHADS Level 5
- Salary packaging advantages
- 12% superannuation
- Relocation opportunity into regional Victoria
- Supportive and culturally strong workplace
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Full‑time fixed‑term opportunity with 0.8 EFT considered
- Opportunity to make a genuine impact within the Bendigo community

Commitment to Child Safety, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity

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

All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification, Working with Children Check and additional compliance requirements as required by the organisation.

Tradewind considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement under Section 25 of the Anti‑Discrimination Act 1991 and a special measure under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).

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📌 Senior Case Manager - Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care (Greater Bendigo City)
🏢 Tradewind Australia
📍 Greater Bendigo City