Children's Specialist - Family Violence

About the role
We are seeking Children's Specialist - Family Violence, on a max-term full-time basis.

This position is responsible for the coordination of a high quality, integrated assessment and response program for children and young people within the TSA Family Violence Services (FVS) Northern Territory. This specialist role is designed to:

• Coordinate the delivery of specialist high quality child focussed interventions and group work to infants, children and their mothers
• Provide specialist child-focussed education and authoritative direction to staff to ensure child focussed practice is performed to meet the needs of infants, children and their mothers accessing FVS programs
• Provide specialist support to children 0-18 and mothers who have experienced Family Violence

Key responsibilities

• Providing therapeutic intervention support for children (including group work)
• Engaging children, through play assessing for development and cognitive milestones and referring as appropriate to therapeutic supports, to reduce the impact of Family Violence related trauma (eg. Home visits with case managers to assist with mother's intake/assessment and case planning processes)
• Engaging with mothers and children to conduct child specific risk assessment and risk management
• Providing secondary consults and authoritative direction to staff regarding children with particular focus on risk and trauma
• Holding space for the child's voice as appropriate with regards to Family Law and Child Protection
• Providing information and resources to families that is relevant, accurate, up to date and easy to understand.

This is a max-term (until June 2026), full-time position, located in Palmerston, NT. Salary and conditions are in accordance with the SCHADS Level 5 Award.

The ideal candidate would have

• Degree qualification in social work, welfare (social sciences), community development or related field
• Is eligible to be a member with a relevant accredited peak body (AASW, APS, ACA etc)
• Experience in service delivery with children and families who have experienced trauma
• Experience with women and children who have experienced Family Violence.
• Strong history of working with children and families from diverse backgrounds and with a complex range of support needs
• Ability and willingness to be on call
• Valid Working with Children Check

Why work for us
In return we offer our eligible employees real and meaningful benefits such as:

• NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefit ($2,650)
• Flexible working conditions
• Health, fitness and financial discounts / benefits
• Paid parental leave - 12 weeks
• Up to 8 weeks leave per year through our purchase leave scheme
• Up to 5 days paid leave per year to 'volunteer' in a TSA program or activity
• Purpose driven career which has positive social and sustainable outcomes
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service;
• Opportunity for career development;
• An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate and professional team members
• Positively supporting and impacting the lives of others through your career contribution

About Us
The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia's largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

How to Apply
If you're excited by this unique opportunity, the above sounds like you, and you have a heart for working for an organisation that truly does transform lives, we would love to speak to you. We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values. If you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to apply via the link and submit a current CV and a cover letter which details your alignment with the essential requirements of the role.

Applications will close as soon as a suitable candidate is secured.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check.

We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.