Careers in child protection offer competitive salaries and a broad range of benefits, including professional development, training programs and study leave.
As an employee of the Victorian Government, we offer competitive salaries and benefits. These include professional development through training programs and study leave. We support work-life balance with flexible working hours, generous leave entitlements and paid parental leave.
Child protection practitioners enjoy special benefits such as an extra 5 days of paid annual leave after 12 months of service and standby/recall allowances for work outside regular hours in Rural After-Hours Child Protection Services.
Salaries
At the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, we offer competitive salaries under the Victorian Public Sector Enterprise Agreement. Under the current VPS Agreement, employees receive salary increases annually.
CPP2 - $60,915 to $75,175
CPP3 - $76,817 to $93,275, employees who hold a Social Work Bachelor Degree will commence at a higher salary being $80,111
CPP4 - $95,102 to $107,905
CPP5 - $109,730 to $132,764
CPP6 - $134,593 to 180,117
Salaries above are reflective of the VPSA salaries from 1 May 2024, based on a full-time roster and excluding superannuation.
You will also receive:
4 annual wage increases of 3 per cent over the life of the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2024.
salary packaging and 11.5% (from 1 July 2024) employer super contribution.
Benefits
The following benefits are available to child protection practitioners:
An annual clothing allowance is paid on 1 July of $650, pro rata for part-time employees.
The following flexible work arrangements are available:
flexible start and finish times
condensed working arrangements
part-time options
the ability to purchase additional leave (some leave/arrangements will be subject to business needs).
This is a formal arrangement where 2 individuals share the responsibilities for a single full-time position by delivering the workload between them. Each employee works part-time hours that collectively amount to a full-time equivalent role.
Salary sacrificing options include:
vehicle novated leases
private health insurance.
Leave provisions include:
20 days of annual leave
15 days of personal/carer's leave
up to 38 hours per year paid professional development leave (pro-rate for part-time employees)
an extra 5 days of annual leave after 12 months of service
entitlement to access long service leave after 7 years of service.
Note: some leave will be pro rata based on part-time hours.
If working in a regional area, you can benefit from the following:
retention allowance of $15,000 paid over 3 years for eligible CPP3 – CPP6 child protection practitioners that substantively work and primarily live in the following regional locations:
Outer Gippsland
Inner Gippsland
Mallee
Wimmera South West
Ovens Murray
Goulburn.
The following wellbeing supports are available:
dedicated and free wellbeing and support program designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of child protection practitioners
wellbeing and support program for employees and their immediate families including a free confidential service that provides a range of support services, tools and strategies to address a range of work-related and personal issues such as:
employee assist
career assist
legal assist
money assist
nutrition and lifestyle assist
Note: some services may not extend to immediate families.
Other benefits include:
flu vaccinations
rural after hours stand-by allowance
study assistance
reimbursements towards the cost of prescription glasses
Child protection practitioners in regional Victoria have access to a broad range of benefits, including professional development through training programs and study leave.
