Regional Practice Lead. Permanent Full-Time Ipswich

About the Organisation

Every day Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people as we work collaboratively with families carers and communities to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Were looking for an experienced and proactive Regional Practice Lead to join our Child Youth & Family team in Ipswich.

In this role you will provide expert guidance and practice leadership across our Foster Care and Residential Care Services. This position plays a vital part in enhancing practice quality upholding safeguarding standards and achieving quality outcomes for children young people families and carers within our programs.

This is a permanent full-time position based at our Ipswich office with flexible hybrid work arrangements available.

Learn more about Life Without Barriers services for Children Young People & Families here: Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based leadership across Foster Care and Residential Care programs ensuring high-quality trauma-informed practice.
• Support the delivery of carer assessments supervision and reviews aligned with LWB policies and care models.
• Ensure compliance with legislation policy and practice standards across OOHC and youth services.
• Lead consistent implementation of care frameworks such as CARE and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
• Drive continuous improvement innovation and the adoption of new practice models.
• Coach and supervise staff to build capability and support high performance.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work Psychology or a related human services field.
• Current Drivers Licence.
• Proven experience in child protection family support or youth services.
• Experience providing practice leadership across Foster Care Residential and/or Youth Housing settings.
• Strong knowledge of legislative and regulatory frameworks related to out of home care and youth services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams and embed evidence-based practices.
• Cultural competence and commitment to working respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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).

Benefits

• Based at our Ipswich office with Flexible Hybrid working arrangements.
• Monthly rostered day off (RDO)
• Generous Employee Benefits - Access to salary packaging Fitness Passport More!

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Joelene Green via

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Thursday 4^th December 2025

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.