Senior Practitioner

54 reasons' Bail Support Service aim to address the reasons behind young people being remanded in custody. Through this service, we provide a holistic response to addressing risk factors contributing to a young person's involvement in the youth justice system. In this role, you'll lead with example and create strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure young people receive the support they require. 

54 reasons is Australia's leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.  

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

With the child's 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, maximum term role (through to end of June 2026, with potential for extension), you'll work as a part of our Bail Support team in Hervey Bay to help us create lasting change for children and young people everywhere.

You will make a difference by:

• Driving quality planning and implementation of the Bail Support program
• 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 deep expertise in working with young people in contact with the justice system will be invaluable. You're compassionate, flexible and an innovator, with a passion for supporting young people to achieve their goals.

These roles require: 

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge, understanding and experience working with culturally diverse young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
• Demonstrated leadership experience and skills – while this position has no direct reports, as part of your role, you will work with the Team Leader to mentor and coach your colleagues
• Demonstrated experience in using trauma informed practice
• Ability to build relationships, liaise and plan with program stakeholders and community members
• Strong communication skills and experience in report writing

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: 

• Award rate salary (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
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development 
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum
• Supportive Managers – we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career at Save
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program 
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We've established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want) (, Parents and , Mental Wellness Alliance, , First Nations Advisory Committee). 

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

Does this sound like the place for you? 

We'd 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: Sunday 30th November 2025

Position Description: Senior Practitioner – Bail Support Hervey Bay

For more information about this position and program, please see our Program Profile. For any queries, contact Team Leader Angela Baines on or Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.  

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 didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at . We're 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 organisation. All 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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