Cultural Practice Lead

Cultural Practice Lead

Location:

Stirling

Employment Type:

FP - Full-Time Permanent

Department:

Cultural Practice Lead Stirling

Closing Date:

21 Sep 2025

Cultural Practice Lead - Perth

• Make a real and lasting impact on our community.
• Generous leave provisions include birthday leave and 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years of service
• Join a highly engaged, professional, and collaborative team

We Are Key Assets Australia

Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007.

We provide foster care, complex care and family services. Operating across all states, the ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.

A little about the role

We are seeking applications for a Cultural Practice Lead (CPL) to join our team and play a vital role in growing our services across Western Australia. This is a unique opportunity to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people by culturally supporting and building the capacity of those adults responsible for their care.

As a CPL with KAA, you will:

• Work alongside the WA leadership team and as a member of the KAA Cultural Collective, lead KAA WA's cultural responsiveness, cultural capacity, and the provision of cultural safety for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people accessing Key Assets WA services
• Ensure all work aligns with the needs, aspirations and perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities while uploading anti-discrimination principle to ensure all services are culturally safe and inclusive.
• Facilitate engagement activities, including meetings, and workshops with word Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples communities and other stakeholders, ensuring cultural safety is upheld to support the successful development and implementation of projects and polices.

About you

You'll come with -

• Experience providing culturally safe services for Aboriginal children and families within child protection family support and community service in Western Australia.
• Proven ability to guide and develop teams in risk assessment and client-centred, culturally respectful and safe practice within foster care and family support services
• Experience in engaging and collaborating with Aboriginal services, community leaders and government bodies.
• Understand the importance of Self-Determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples
• A solid understanding of the core elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles.

What's on Offer?

• Hybrid working options available.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Fully maintained vehicle/allowance.
• Salary package options up to $15,900 per annum for living expenses + up to $2,650 for meal and entertainment benefits – maximise your take home pay

The salary for this position will be based on SCHAD's Level 5 ,$100, $105,340.56 annum full-time equivalent. This is a Full-time, ongoing role based in Stirling.

My Key Assets

The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.

• Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work and have developed a flexible work framework to support these arrangements. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us
• Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks' of annual leave after 2 years' continuous service with us
• Professional Development: We provide both digital eLearning and ongoing face to face training as well as an online library. Your continual professional development is always top of our priority list - you'll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities
• Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year

The fine print

• Applications close: 21 September 2025
• For further information, please contact Brenda Yelland, State Director, or
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a 395 Dept of Communities check and hold a valid WA WWC
• Full driver's license and travel within the region will be required.

This is an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander identified position which is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under section 33(B) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ACT.

If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you. Click Apply today

Note for our recruiter network - we're handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.

Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion.

Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

While we're reviewing your application, get to know us by visiting our website and on social media to #WeAreKeyAssets.