Senior Practitioner - Reset Program

JSS • Brunswick, OH

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Jesuit Social Services is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join the Reset Program. This program is a Child-Focused Behaviour Change Program designed to support children aged 8-11 years, and some 12-13-year-olds who are found doli incapax, engaging in high-harm behaviours and at risk of entering or escalating within the youth justice system. Funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) and delivered across metropolitan Melbourne through a partnership between Jesuit Social Services and the Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS), the program is a key component of the broader Reset initiative. The role involves providing intensive, child-focused early intervention case management, supporting children at risk of involvement in the youth justice system, with a strong emphasis on behaviour change, developmental wellbeing, and long-term positive outcomes.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification(s) and demonstrated knowledge of child and adolescent development, and relevant legislative and practice frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience providing intensive case management to children and young people experiencing intersecting needs, including assessments, case planning, crisis intervention and assertive outreach, coordinating services, and evidence-informed support.
• Significant experience building effective therapeutic relationships with children and young people experiencing trauma, mental health concerns, substance use, justice involvement, family violence, educational disengagement, and child protection involvement.
• Demonstrated commitment to cultural safety and inclusive practice particularly when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people or people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Highly developed communication, reporting and organisational skills with the ability to maintain accurate case records and data, meet compliance requirements, exercise sound professional judgement, manage competing priorities independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive, trauma-informed, developmentally responsive case management and assertive outreach to children aged 8–13 who present with high-risk and high-harm behaviours, supporting sustained behaviour change and improved wellbeing and developmental outcomes.
• Work with children, families, schools, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCO), health services and other key stakeholders to coordinate integrated responses, strengthen protective factors, and address the complex needs contributing to justice related and other harmful behaviours.
• Promote early intervention and diversion from the youth justice system by delivering evidence-informed, culturally safe and strengths-based interventions that build family capacity, strengthen community participation, foster positive identity development, and support children to engage in prosocial pathways and achieve sustainable outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree