Careers

• Tool of trade vehicle provided with fuel card for personal use
• Supportive leadership, reflective supervision and professional development opportunities
• Life Without Barriers offers CARE and TCI Training for all new employees including ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Monthly rostered day off (RDO)
• Generous Employee Benefits – Access to salary packaging, Fitness Passport + More!

At Life Without Barriers, we’re all about creating safe, supportive environments where children and young people can thrive.

Every day, we work closely with families, carers, and communities to help shape brighter futures. From supporting children and families to empowering people with disability, mental health, or those seeking refuge — we’re here to break down barriers and build better lives.

Role: Child & Family Practitioner
Location: Hobart, TAS
Employment Type: 12 Month Max-term, Full Time

About the role

The purpose of the Child and Family Practitioner position is to provide a high level of skilled casework support and supervision to the placement of children and young people in a family-based care arrangement and outreach style support to young people in the community. Casework relating to Carer support and Regulation of Care is also a focus.  

The role of the Child and Family Practitioner will work in partnership with the foster carer, children and young people, relevant government agencies and stakeholders to develop and implement individualised care plans to ensure the relevant ‘standards of care’ required by TAS government are always met and to give priority to the protection and well-being of children and young people.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake child focused casework practice in partnership with the relevant government agency, children and their families, carers and other stakeholders.
• In a CARE informed way, work in partnership with carers to understand the pervasive damage of trauma, loss, neglect and abuse and the impact for a child or young person.
• Apply the CARE model in day to day care with children to enable them to learn to trust, to learn life skills, form relationships and gain resilience.
• Build and strengthen carer skills on how to include children and young people in decision making and support them to fulfil their potential.
• Where relevant, perform case management functions as prescribed in specific contracts or funding agreements.
• Participate in negotiation between LWB and the relevant government agency to ensure that each child/young person is provided care that meets their needs for stability.

Skills & Experience

• Recognised Social Work qualifications with eligibility for membership of the AASW and/or a Bachelor of Psychology or other relevant qualification.
• Significant experience in the child protection and out of home care sector.
• Demonstrated experience working with individuals, families and communities from a strength-based, culturally appropriate perspective that are part of the out of home care sector.
• Demonstrated experience in identifying an individual’s strengths and areas for improvement within the context of providing foster. with an emphasis on permanency for children in care.
• Demonstrated experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Current unrestricted drivers licence.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Zina Campbell via recruitment@lwb.org.au. Please note that we do not accept applications to this email.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight Sunday 10^th May 2026.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.