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Specialist Senior Practitioner (Remote)

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2 hours ago
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Introduction

About the organisation

Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.

Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

 

What Jesuit Social Services can offer you:

  • An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
  • A welcoming and supportive relational environment
  • A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
  • Ongoing training and development related to your role
  • Employee assistance program
  • A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
  • Generous leave


Description

About the role 

The Specialist Senior Practitioner will provide specialist support and leadership within the Stop It Now! Australia team, offering evidence-informed psychoeducation, support and advice to individuals contacting Stop It Now! Australia Helpline due to concerns about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children.

This role will drive evidence-based improvement across the helpline, utilising auditing, and data assessment processes to identify trends, generate insights from data, and strengthen service quality and effectiveness.

This role will also enhance practice quality and team capability through supervision, shift duty management, mentoring, and reflective practice, fostering collaboration and contributing to the ongoing advancement of child sexual abuse prevention nationally.

Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development as well as opportunities for personal growth.

This role is fully remote/work from home, with successful candidates required to travel to Melbourne for one week of training as part of induction.

We have multiple part time roles available to cover a range of shift patterns across our helpline operating hours.

 

About the Program

Stop It Now! Australia

Stop It Now! is a child sexual abuse prevention program which works with individuals concerned about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children. It was first established by a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse in the U.S 30 years ago, and we have been delivering the service here in Australia for over two years. We have recently received federal funding to expand and develop a larger scale Offender Prevention Service based on the Stop It Now! Pilot program. We are currently building an exceptional new team to help lead the national expansion of this prevention service.

The program’s key feature is an anonymous phone helpline for people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours in relation to children, as well as professionals and family members who are concerned about the behaviour of others. The service also includes a website with advice, self-help materials and guidance to raise awareness around child sexual abuse. Stop It Now! Australia is dedicated to preventing the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and seeks to achieve this by engaging with adults who may go on to harm children, and other protective adults. While the service can be accessed anonymously, all mandatory reporting guidelines are complied with.

The Stop It Now! Australia service sits within the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention team and is part of The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services. 

The Men's Project

The Men’s Project is an initiative of Jesuit Social Services launched in 2017. It provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe. Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.

We will achieve this by:

  • research to understand the behaviours and underlying attitudes of men and boys including related to violence, child sexual abuse and the well-being of men and boys themselves.
  • promoting positive change around gender norms related to what it means to be a man in the 21st century as well as building skills to intervene to prevent violence; and
  • developing innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour among boys and men.

Current priorities for The Men’s Project include:

  • drawing on our Man Box research and child sexual abuse prevalence study, building a greater understanding of perpetration including opportunities for prevention and early intervention;
  • supporting people who work with men and boys every day (e.g. teachers, sports coaches, social workers) to prevent violence and improve the well-being of men and boys;
  • developing new early intervention approaches with adolescents at-risk of using violence;
  • strengthening early intervention responses for adults and young people to prevent child sexual abuse; and
  • drawing on our grounded practice experience, advocating for systemic changes that seek to prevent violence and child sexual abuse.

The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 45 year engagement with boys and men in trouble, but it also involves us leading new work to reduce violence, to improve the wellbeing of boys and men, and to keep families and communities safe.

 



Skills And Experiences

About You

This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:

Tertiary qualification/s and/or relevant experience in field in social work, psychology or the social sciences is essential. Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and regulatory frameworks is desirable

 Commitment to preventing child sexual abuse and promoting child safety and demonstrated practice experience:  

  • with people who are concerned about their sexual thoughts towards children or have perpetrated child sexual abuse.  

AND/OR 

  • with children who are at risk of experiencing child sexual abuse and their families 

AND/OR 

  • supporting other professionals and non-offending family members respond to concerns related to child sexual abuse. 
  • Proven ability to apply psychological, social work, or behaviour change knowledge, approaches and evidence-based frameworks (e.g., trauma-informed practice, Good Lives Model) when working with serious offenders and non-offending individuals to prevent child sexual abuse and improve practice outcomes.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide effective line management, professional supervision, and duty management to practice staff, ensuring high standards of service delivery and staff wellbeing. This includes proven skills in mentoring and developing staff capability, fostering reflective practice, and maintaining accountability within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to fulfil administrative requirements, including data entry and case note writing; as well as writing professional reports.
  • Demonstrated enthusiasm for ongoing learning and professional development to enhance contribution to child safety and service quality. Including capacity to work flexibly in response to changing service needs, manage competing priorities, and adjust practices as required.
  • Demonstrated enthusiasm for ongoing learning and professional development to enhance contribution to child safety and service quality. Including capacity to work flexibly in response to changing service needs, manage competing priorities, and adjust practices as required.
  • Experience working with or knowledge of priority groups as defined by the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030 (victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates, children and young people and their support networks, First Nations peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ people, people living in regional and remote communities).

How to Apply

Upload your resume and cover letter incorporating your responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.

For further information please contact Dee Nicholas, Helpline Coordinator on 0429 501 930.

Applications close at 5.00pm on 24 April 2026.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, sexuality, disability or religious affiliation.

We strongly encourage applications from all community members including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and working parents.

Jesuit Social Services is a Child Safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.