Advanced Child Protection Practitioner (Bairnsdale)

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) works hard to create equal opportunities for all Victorians to live a safe, respected and valued life.

Our areas of focus are child protection, housing, disability, the prevention of family violence, multicultural affairs, LGBTIQA+ equality, veterans, women and youth. The work we do benefits thousands of Victorians, particularly those who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.

We work in a variety of community-based settings, including people's homes, residential facilities and secure settings across metropolitan, rural and regional Victoria.

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Department: DFFH Child Protection Practitioner Work Type: Ongoing
- full time or part time Job Function: Child protection Classification: CPP4 Work Location: VIC
- various Reference: VG/MAY2026/AHS Closing Date: 14-Jun-2026 Salary Range: $100,894
- $114,476 Job Duration: N/A Attachments: (Word, 164KB) Position Description

(PDF, 319KB) Position Description

Contact: Child Protection Jobs

Position Details

Advanced Child Protection Practitioner – After Hours Services

About the role

As part of the After Hours team you will work to a structured rostered model to provide response and emergency outreach visits as required to child protection matters received outside core business hours, including evenings, weekends and on public holidays. In the After Hours team, you are eligible for a standby (on-call) allowance for each time period you are on standby and overtime rates for hours worked when called out on outreach visits.

There are multiple opportunities available across After Hours, including:
- Bairnsdale
- part time
- Ballarat
- full time or part time
- Mildura
- full time or part time
- Shepparton
- full time or part time
- Wangaratta
- full time or part time
- Morwell
- part time Some Part time positions will be required to work 20 hours per fortnight with a fixed roster of 3pm to 1am on Saturday and Sunday. This roster schedule attracts excellent penalties in accordance with the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2004. There may be opportunity to pick up additional shifts.

Click to access the Position Description, option to download to word available.

Benefits
- Commencement Salary of $100,894 to $114,476 per annum (plus superannuation)
- Access to free Child protection wellbeing program (CPWP) and child protection health program (CPHP) designed to support the wellbeing of child protection staff
- Generous leave provisions, 20 days of annual leave, 15 days of personal/carers leave, an extra 5 days of additional leave after 12 months of service
- Child Protection Practice Induction Program delivered over 5 weeks, to equip new starts with the necessary practice knowledge and skills
- Regional benefits, retention allowance of $2,500 for child protection practitioners that live in certain regional locations. Find out more here
- Flexibility work arrangements, flexible start and finish times, condensed working arrangements, part-time options and more
- An annual clothing allowance of $650 DFFH welcomes applications from suitably qualified temporary visa holders. Successful candidates may be eligible for employer sponsorship under SID482 visa. More information at Child protection jobs -

Our recruitment process
- Preferred candidates will have a social work, welfare, psychology related qualification and/or relevant experience
- Ideally, you will have a minimum of two years' case work or similar relevant experience in child and family social work
- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.
- Shortlisted candidates are required to undertake psychometric assessments followed by attending a virtual online assessment centre on Wednesday 08 July 2026
- Relevant pre-employment screening and reference checks will be required.
- Successful candidates are required to attend 5 week mandatory How to Apply

Click the' Apply' button, you will be directed to our platform where you will be required to create an account if you do not already have one.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 14th June 2026.

Please ensure you have uploaded Mandatory Application Documents (Your application will not be progressed without these documents)
- Resume
- Proof of your working rights for Australia (passport and/or a copy of a valid visa)
- Qualifications certificate*
- Official academic transcript or USI statement
- Driver licence
- If you have full registration or membership with a Social Work Board or Association within or outside Australia, please attach a copy. Key Information

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Job details Department: DFFH Child Protection Practitioner Job Reference: VG/MAY2026/AHS Location: VIC
- various Work Type: Ongoing
- full time or part time Job Function: Child protection Classification: CPP4 Salary Range: $100,894
- $114,476 Job Duration: N/A Date posted: 25-May-2026 Application Close Date: 14-Jun-2026 Attachments: (Word, 164KB) Position Description

(PDF, 319KB) Position Description

Contact:

Child Protection Jobs

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