At Life Without Barriers, we’re all about creating safe, supportive environments where children and young people can thrive.
Every day, we work closely with families, carers, and communities to help shape brighter futures. From supporting children and families to empowering people with disability, mental health, or those seeking refuge — we’re here to break down barriers and build better lives.
Role: Senior Practice Lead – Child, Youth & Family
Employment Type: Full Time - 12-Month Max-Term
Office Location: Geelong
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Practice Lead to join our Victoria (VIC) Out of Home Care team. As a crucial part of the VIC Leadership team, you will collaborate with state, and local teams to instil a culture of evidence-based practice, ultimately improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.
Reporting to the Regional Director Child Youth and Families, the Senior Practice Lead plays a pivotal role in implementing organisational practice initiatives, providing professional learning, and offering practice support strategies to VIC CYF Teams. Your focus will be on supporting the deliver high-quality evidence-based services that positively impact the lives of children, families, and young people.
You will lead, coach, and motivate teams to optimise their performance across our; Foster Care and Residential Care programs, while fostering a culture of stronger client voice and participation in service delivery. Additionally, you will provide expert advice on legislation and standards, mentor regional teams, contribute to business development opportunities, and ensure compliance with LWB policies and procedures.
You will have a sound understanding of the child protection and broader family support services sector with advanced practice experience in the sector.
Your role will also involve providing leadership in Clinical Supervision and facilitating Group Supervision for Therapeutic Specialists, enhancing the overall practice and program excellence within our organisation.
If you are a leader passionate about transforming lives through evidence-based practices, we invite you to apply and be a driving force for positive change in our community!
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks, including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
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.
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact tracydallas@lwb.org.au with the subject heading ‘Senior Practice Lead - Geelong. Please note we do not accept applications to this email.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is Sunday 20th September.
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.
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.
