At Life Without Barriers, we deliver inclusive, trauma-informed services that support children, young people, families, and carers to thrive.
Through foster and kinship care, residential care, family services, and community-based programs, we work alongside children, families, carers, and communities to create safe, supportive environments where every child and young person can reach their potential.
Join us to discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around!
We are seeking an experienced Senior Child & Family Practitioner to provide practice leadership and specialist support in our Placement Preservation Support Program and Mentoring and Personalised Support Service.
The Placement Preservation Support and Mentoring and Personalised Support Service Programs works alongside children, young people, carers and families to strengthen placements and reduce the risk of placement breakdown. Through therapeutic, trauma-informed and family-focused interventions, the program aims to build resilience, strengthen support networks and help children and young people remain in stable and nurturing care environments.
You will coach and mentor casework teams, support complex case management, promote reflective practice, and help drive quality outcomes for children, young people and families.
This is a Permanent Full-Time position based in Hobart, with flexible working arrangements. Travel to client visits and families is required.
Review full position description here – Senior Child and Family Practitioner- Placement Preservation Support.docx
Successful candidates will be required to clear background checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Vulnerable People Check.
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Zina Campbell via recruitment@lwb.org.au. Please note that we do not accept applications to this email.
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight Sunday 8th November 2026.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
