About the opportunity
- Full time, closed period contract until June 2024
- Base from $96,132 pa, plus super and access to up to $18,550 pa tax free
- Located in Turner, ACT
This is a management position within the Canberra Leadership team, specifically responsible for the Family Preservation team. You will be responsible day to day coordination, management and leadership of a team of caseworkers and family preservation program.
About You
- Provide efficient and effective management of the Family Preservation program and Caseworkers
- Oversee implementation of the programs day to day practice
- Develop and collaborate with the Children, Youth and Family Lead to ensure a rigorous practice framework, processes, procedures and strategies to service vulnerable families
- Prepare relevant program work plans and reports against achievements as required by our funders
- Actively participate in local and sector networks, advocacy and consultation as relevant to the program.
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What you need to succeed
- Minimum of 5 years working with children and families with a minimum 2 years leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience working with families with complex issues
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary services, developing and maintaining a motivated, professional and effective team
- Demonstrated understanding of child protection issues with the capacity to identify risk levels and plan support plans accordingly
- Demonstrated understanding of child protection framework and legislation and mandatory reporting
- Ability to work out of hours and be available to support staff outside of hours
Further to this we offer:
- Access to a range of employee benefits (U-Rewards program, flex time and additional week of annual leave over Christmas and up to 6 EAP sessions per annum)
- Ongoing professional and personal development opportunities across our varied service streams.
- A focus on employee well-being, with regular reflective and practice supervision opportunities.
Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks which may include a National Police Check and Reference Checks
Applications close: Friday, 13 October 2023