Senior Children's Worker
Senior Children's Worker
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31-07-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 52 - 54
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
31-07-2025
Job Description
Why join Launch Housing
Launch Housing is an independent Melbourne based community organisation passionately committed to ending homelessness. From providing high quality housing and an innovative range of support education and employment services we bring solutions to homelessness under one roof for thousands at risk of or experiencing the crisis and trauma of homelessness. With over 400 staff working across 16 locations in metropolitan Melbourne we combine direct action with advocacy research and innovation to drive widespread change.
Our people are the backbone of our organisation and supporting their wellbeing and professional development is critical to our ability to help our clients and the community. We value lived experience and diversity in our staff and provide high-quality training & supervision wellbeing days access to an Employee Assistance Program and much much more to ensure your career with us is fulfilling.
Dont just walk past homelessness. Join the solution.
Our permanent and fixed-term employee benefits include:
Contributing to useful and rewarding work and giving something back to the community
Wellbeing days ceremonial leave carers leave and study leave
Flexible working arrangements
Purchased leave
17.5% leave loading
8 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave after 12 months of service for both the primary and secondary carer
Training and career growth opportunities across Launch Housing
A portion of your income can be tax-free by salary packaging your personal expenses
Additional tax-free salary packaging on dining and accommodation expenses
Positive supportive and progressive work environment
About the opportunity:
The Senior Childrens Worker is a part of Launch Housings Childrens Team and is responsible for the provision of trauma-informed culturally safe and child-centred support responses for children and families experiencing homelessness and/or family violence.
The Childrens Team is part of Launch Housings Specialist Child & Family Services area within the broader Families & New Beginnings function based at the Launch Housing South Melbourne Families Crisis Accommodation site. The Childrens Team supports children young people and their families who are accessing the homelessness service system. The Childrens Team provides a range of services for children affected by homelessness including individual and group-based child and family focused support where the child or young person is the primary client.
The Senior Childrens Worker is responsible for operationalising the Childrens Team program which consists of Stream 1 (a supported assessment and case planning response) Stream 2 (an enhanced case management support response) and Stream 3 (a group work program). Within the Stream 1 program Senior Childrens Workers undertake assessment of a child and familys needs to inform case management and referral goals provide flexible outreach-based support to children and families in crisis and assist families to navigate and be connected within the Specialist Homelessness Sector.
Within the Stream 2 program Senior Childrens Workers work directly with child and their family using a variety of approaches including therapeutic direct work child-focused systems work enhanced case management and the provision of parenting support to address the complex needs of children and families with a lived experience of homelessness family violence and/or trauma thereby decreasing the impact of trauma on both their immediate and long term emotional and physical wellbeing.
Within the Stream 3 program Senior Childrens Workers lead and co-facilitate groupwork programs for children and families experiencing homelessness and/or family violence including childrens groups parenting programs and school holiday activities. Additionally together with the Coordinator Child Wellbeing & Practice Senior Childrens Workers advocate for a child-centred and child-focused response by providing secondary consultation guidance and education to staff members & volunteers within Launch Housing and more broadly within the Specialist Homelessness and Child and Family Services sector to amplify the needs and voices of children experiencing homelessness and/or family violence.
This is a permanent part-time role based in South Melbourne.
53.2 hours per fortnight.
This is a Targeted position and therefore open to applicants from an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage by an exemption granted under section 12 of the Vic Equal Opportunity Act 2010. This is a recruitment strategy to increase the Aboriginal workforce.
What youll be doing:
- Engaging with children and their families to determine eligibility for relevant Childrens Team programs and/or facilitating referrals to other internal and external services or programs as required.
- Providing a high-level child-centred assessment and complex case management response to children young people and their families who are experiencing homelessness and/or family violence in line with the Launch Housing Practice Framework.
- Provision of a range of trauma-informed and culturally safe child-focused responses including (but not limited to) engaging children in art/craft/play based activities provision of parenting support case management and coordination tasks and advocacy with a focus on enhancing safety stability and supporting childrens developmental and wellbeing needs.
- Providing outreach support to children and families with complex needs who are accessing the homelessness support system in crisis transitional or emergency accommodation.
- Assessing and collaboratively planning around risk pertaining to family violence drug and/or alcohol misuse neglect and abuse.
- Facilitating and/or participating in case conferences as required and working proactively with children their families and other supports to achieve case plan goals.
- Developing and lead or co-facilitating specialist Group Work programs for children who have experienced homelessness including childrens activities school holiday activities and parenting programs some of this work may occur after-hours by prior agreement.
- Working within a collaborative strengths-based model with a strong child-focused family systems perspective in the development of case plans and flexible service response delivery.
What were looking for (key selection criteria):
- A relevant tertiary qualification social work or related discipline (desirable).
- Experience working effectively with children young people and/or families within the homelessness and/or family violence service systems.
- Experience engaging children and families through therapeutic play based group work and/or family systems and evidence-based trauma approaches.
- Demonstrated understanding of the impact of homelessness on children and families child development attachment theory and child safe practices.
- High level of experience in undertaking risk assessments and safety planning.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and previous experience mentoring and/or coaching staff (desired).
- Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships and communicate with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities
- A valid Victorian Drivers Licence (mandatory).
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of Launch Housing and our mission to end homelessness.
$52.53 - $54.91 an hour
Superannuation
NFP Salary Packaging (tax savings!)
Additional wellbeing leave available
Cultural/ ceremonial leave available
For more information please contact Rani Higgins on
Applications close 22 August 2025.
How to apply
To apply for this opportunity please click on Apply for this job button. Please submit a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and your CV.
For a copy of the position description please contact us at
Launch Housing offers a wide range of career opportunities and employs a diverse range of talent. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons to apply!We acknowledge respect and celebrate Aboriginal cultures languages connections to Country and heritage customs and practices. Were committed to support Aboriginal peoples to obtain genuine and fulfilling career with us!
Launch Housing is a dog-friendly organisation which allows dog owners to bring them in some of our sites please contact the relevant Hiring Manager if you have any questions or concerns prior to your interview.
If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know at
Launch Housing is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance to child abuse. Our hiring process involves rigorous screening of applicants. All of our people including students contractors and volunteers must hold a valid Working with Children Check and satisfactory criminal history record check.
Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally religiously and linguistically diverse people young people older people women and people who identify as lesbian gay bisexual transgender gender diverse intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply. All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
Launch Housing is working to become more trauma informed and as a leading employer in the homelessness sector it is important to let you know that you will hear stories of distress hardship trauma or violence when working with us. We encourage you to reflect on how this may impact you when considering applying for the role.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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