- Full Time Max term position until 30 June 2027
- SCHADS Level 8 + Super + Salary packaging
- Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
- Based at Sale

Your new role

As a Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader, you will provide expert practice leadership within The Orange Door, championing the voices, safety and wellbeing of infants, children and young people. Working alongside hub leaders and specialist practitioners, you will build workforce capability, guide best-practice responses, and support high-quality interventions for children, young people and families experiencing family violence and other vulnerabilities.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

- Working in a large values-led organisation with real community impact.
- Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
- Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
- Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
- Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
- An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
- Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You will meet the person specification in the position description, including Professional clinical experience and relevant qualification(s) in social work, psychology or a related discipline.

You will also have:

- Current Drivers licence valid in Victoria
- A strong knowledge and understanding of the drivers/causes of family violence and child and family vulnerability, as well as the child and family services and/or broader social services sector and their fundamental practices and theories is required.
- Demonstrated experience in leading practice within complex service delivery contexts, particularly multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to the





View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest, and we’ll get in touch shortly. If this role sounds like a valuable fit for you, apply soon. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the advert early.

Please reach out to Rabia Sikander on 0411 225 *** for further information.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are proud to work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply. We are committed to creating a culturally safe, welcoming and supportive workplace.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTQIA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.

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📌 Children & Young Persons Practice Leader (Sale)
🏢 Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania
📍 Sale