Bunbury and Satellite locations in the South West Region

We are seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the differing needs of our clients and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees. Candidates who identify as First Nations people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Centrecare is a not for profit organisation committed to delivering quality professional counselling, support, accommodation, mediation and training services throughout the Perth metro, Goldfields, Esperance and South West regions of WA. We are a highly professional, values-based and dynamic organisation looking for the next Team Leader that embodies our values of Respect, Excellence, Celebration, Compassion, Acceptance and Professionalism.

This position is based at our Bunbury office to oversee and guide the Earlier Intervention and Family Support Strategy program and manage the staff that work in this service.

Centrecare Incorporated, in partnership with Wungening Aboriginal Corporation and Lamp, have established an integrated approach to delivering the Department of Communities – Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS) Building Safe and Strong Families: Earlier Intervention and Family Support Strategy (the EIFS Strategy).

The overarching outcome will be to have children living in safe, stable nurturing environments, achieving good life outcomes, protecting from abuse and neglect and to support families and individuals who are at risk of crisis.

These services focus on the needs of vulnerable children and families experiencing significant disadvantage and adverse consequences. Providing culturally secure, family focused services to support families to minimise risk to children and young people and to divert them from the child protection system.

The overarching outcome will be to have children living in safe, stable nurturing environments, achieving good life outcomes, protecting from abuse and neglect and to support families and individuals who are at risk of crisis.

For families who are open to the Department and at risk of their children entering care or whose children are in care and the primary goal is reunification or parents who are in Communities’ housing and subject to eviction following a Notice of Eviction.

For families who are not open to the Department but have long-term needs, are in complex situations and may be involved with multiple agencies.

Provision of a common entry point to accessing support services for families who are not open to the Department but need assistance navigating the service system and would benefit from coordination to link into relevant services or young people without children who want to increase parenting skills via education supports prior to becoming parents.

These services focus on the needs of vulnerable Aboriginal children and families experiencing significant disadvantage and adverse consequences. Providing culturally secure, family focused services to support families to minimise risk to children and young people and to divert them from the child protection system.

The project aims to bring back a strong focus on culture, healing and Closing the Gap targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander children and families.

Wungening Aboriginal Corporation is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation which provides culturally secure, confidential and free of charge services to Aboriginal people across Noongar Boodja in the Perth metropolitan area, Peel region and South West.

Wungening means healing in Noongar language and reflects the service approach the organisation has taken in its near 35 year history, across important areas like Alcohol and Other Drugs, homelessness, child protection, and justice.

Wungening delivers services from fourteen offices across the community, including community hubs in Armadale, Mirrabooka, Midland, Rockingham, and East Perth. The organisation also partners with and works alongside other community service organisations in programs and projects we partner on.

With a staff of over 200, and service footprint that has expanded rapidly over the last few years, Wungening is an organisation firmly embedded in the Noongar Community.

Lamp Inc is a not-for-profit mental health service provider, providing individualised centre-based, community and in home psychosocial support through recovery orientated practice. We deliver services within the Southwest and Warren-Blackwood regions and our head office is located in Busselton. With a focus on person-centred planning, as well as our collaborative approach to service delivery, Lamp Inc provide high quality mental health support to the wider community, whilst working toward reducing the stigma of mental health and promoting the independence of people living with mental health concerns.

The Team Leader position is to oversee, guide and support the delivery of the program reporting to the Alliance Manager based at the Bunbury Centrecare office.

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We are seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the differing needs of our clients and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees. Candidates who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander are strongly encouraged to apply.

Centrecare believes that all children are valuable and worthy of respect. It strongly supports the rights of the child and is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children who are in contact with or receive its services