Child Protection Practitioners

• A strong commitment to develop and support Child Protection Practitioners
• Work collaboratively with your team to strengthen case practice and to provide effective service delivery
• Highly rewarding career opportunities

Being a Child Protection Practitioner means making real change to the lives of our community’s most vulnerable children and families. A career in child protection will provide a range of professional pathways that support your personal growth and development.

We offer a supportive team approach, quality supervision with great training and development.

Skills and Experience

We are looking for experienced child protection/child and family welfare professionals to join our child protection teams.

Key responsibilities include 

• Assessing children and young people who are in need of protection
• Conducting risk assessments and investigations
• Working collaboratively with families, community services organisations and other professionals to develop and implement effective plans for children
• Managing complex cases, problem solving and presenting matters to the Children’s Court of Victoria as required
• Be responsible for supporting and developing Child Protection Practitioners in the integration of theory and practice while demonstrating your expertise through case practice
• Working collaboratively with the Team Manager to strengthen case practice
• Provide effective service delivery and support other practitioners

To be a child protection practitioner you need a current and valid driver’s licence and a recognised Social Work degree or a similar welfare or behavioural related degree.

Make the decision to pursue a fulfilling professional career and make a difference in vulnerable children’s lives.

Salary

• Child Protection Practitioner (CPP3) $67,866 to $82,404
• Advanced Child Protection Practitioner (CPP4) $84,019 to $95,329
• Team Manager and Senior Child Protection Practitioner (CPP5) $96,942 to $117,293