Senior Practitioner Youth Services

The Youth Services Program in Kununurra strengthens community safety for young people by providing safe spaces and culturally responsive traumainformed support. You will work directly with young peoplemany engaged with the youth justice systemto help them build their strengths and achieve their goals through practical support case management and advocacy. From our frontline programs at the Youth Hub and Night Patrol to our broader support services this is where you can realise your purpose and contribute to lasting change.

54 reasons is Australias leading child rights organisation no ordinary not-for-profit.

Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement were here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive in all their diversity.

With the childs voice at the centre we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory and across regions remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

In this full-time max term role through to 31 December 2027 youll work as a part of our Youth Services team in Kununurra to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

You will make a difference by:

• Driving quality program planning and implementation
• Coaching training and developing colleagues to increase skill and competency to enable high quality service delivery
• Developing and maintaining operational stakeholder relationships that are critical to the success of the program
• Coordinating staff caseloads and program logistics monitoring and evaluation risk management and child protection

Maintaining a caseload of clients

A place to feel valued:

Your expertise in working with young people will be invaluable. You will have the ability to mentor and support colleagues have expertise in using trauma informed practice approaches an understanding of the youth justice system and knowledge of the issues facing young people in the community along with exceptional communication skills working in a cross cultural environment.

This role requires:

• Leading the provision of quality service delivery
• Engaging with young people and families
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Monitoring and evaluation of program outcomes
• Exceptional practice skills to motivate and guide a high performing team to achieve collective goals program and client outcomes

A place to belong:

At 54 reasons we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong and proudly diverse whether in race ethnicity gender age disability sexuality cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities backgrounds and talents embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation and offer a range of rewards for your effort including:

• Generous award rate salary (Level 5.1 currently $51.00 per hour) plus super and full salary packaging benefits - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
• Generous annual remote location allowance paid on top of your base salary
• Contribution towards 1 x return economy domestic flight for the employee per 12 months of continuous service.
• 5 weeks annual leave plus extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure youre able to perform at your optimum
• Support for workplace wellness including access to our free confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if thats what you want!).

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you

Wed love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications Close: Friday February 27^th 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in so dont delay in applying!

Position Description: Senior Practitioner

For more information about this position please contact Tricia Wake Regional Manager on 0 or Or for more information about a career at Save visitour Careers Page.

We understand the need for work-life balance. Weve advertised this role as Full-time but if youre looking for something different please let us know. We offer flexible hours remote working and individual flexibility plans to ensure were providing you a personalised career.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didnt quite hit the mark for you please let us know at . Were dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported no matter your race ethnicity gender age disability sexuality neurodiversity culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe employees are required to undergo a National Police Check a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

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