Practice Lead

Practice Lead | NQ Safe | Townsville  

• Employment Term: Maximum term to 30 June 2028, Full-Time (38 hours per week)

• Service Hours: The Service is operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The hours of work will be on a rotating roster (Morning, Afternoon & Night Shifts).

• Location: Townsville

• Remuneration: $58.37 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

• Close Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

Your part in our UnitingCare team 

The NQ Safe Program is a 24/7 Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) telephone service supporting people across North Queensland.

The Practice Lead will coordinate high-quality support to clients by providing specialist domestic and family violence expertise, practice leadership, and guidance to staff across the NQ Safe program. In this pivotal role, you will identify and manage risk from both client and organisational perspectives, leading the development of effective safety planning and response strategies.

You will lead best practice across the program through a range of platforms, including reflective practice, case reviews, development of processes and practice guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist domestic and family violence (DFV) practice leadership, advice, and risk assessment support across the NQ Safe program.

• Partner with the Service Leader to coach and mentor practitioners, enhancing their capability to engage clients and effectively assess, monitor, and minimise risk.

• Develop and implement DFV risk assessment tools, frameworks, and resources, and build practitioner capability through training and coaching.

• Develop and strengthen partnerships, referral pathways, and networks to support positive client outcomes.

• Oversee quality practice standards, client records, reporting, and compliance requirements.

• Contribute to service innovation, continuous improvement, and the implementation of contemporary DFV best practice.

What makes a difference for us?

• A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Human Services or a related discipline

• Minimum five years' experience in the human services sector, including specialist domestic and family violence practice.

• Demonstrated leadership, supervision, coaching, or mentoring experience.

• Strong knowledge of DFV risk assessment, safety planning, and evidence-based interventions.

• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and culturally diverse communities will be highly regarded.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.

• Current Queensland Drivers Licence.

• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

• A willingness to undergo a criminal history check

We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates for this position. 

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance 

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained  

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events  

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others 

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family  

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.  

Child safe, Child friendly 

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children  

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services 

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur 

• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion   

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.    

Safe workplace   

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.   

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.