The Role:
As part of the Academy Leadership Team, the School Wellbeing Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of services to Communicare Academy students including youth counselling, and therapeutic services to maximise student participation and educational outcomes. The role provides leadership to the student wellbeing team, ensuring people, process, systems, and budgets effectively managed.
The role is the first point of contact for addressing students’ wellbeing concerns and, through the use of a triage model, facilitates students into a range of wellbeing services on campus or to other referral agencies.
This position will be offered on a permanent full-time basis working 76 hours per fortnight.
Who Are We?
Since opening our doors in 1977, our passion for delivering high quality, people-focused support services has continued to flourish. In May 2020, we became the new custodian of White Ribbon Australia, establishing a national footprint for the organisation.
We remain committed to growing a workforce that celebrates diversity and seeks to inspire and empower the people we serve.
While we’ve changed a lot over the past 45 years, our values – Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance and Equality – remain at the very heart of everything we do.
This is your chance to join an organisation with an exceptional team culture, driven by a commitment to diversity, respect and fairness.
Selection Criteria
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology or related discipline.
- Eligible for membership with the relevant professional body
- Previous experience in managing youth at-risk wellbeing programs, preferably in an educational setting.
- Demonstrated experience or knowledge of working with vulnerable people living in complex circumstances and providing intensive individualised support.
- Demonstrated team management experience
- Understanding of school and education systems and operational procedures
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- An understanding of CaLD and Aboriginal culture and family dynamics
- Broad knowledge of social work interventions, models and approaches
- Satisfactory Police clearance (not older than 6 months from the issue date)
- Unrestricted drivers’ licence
- Working With Children Check
- Current Provide First Aid Certificate
What we can offer you
- Generous NFP salary packaging opportunities (option to package up to $15,900 for general living expenses and an additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits per annum)
- Extra Leave – 5 days of extra paid leave per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Paid parental leave policy
- Family Domestic Violence and Abuse (FDVA) leave, financial assistance and structured support for any employees who have experienced FDVA incidents
- Discounted Health Insurance with HBF
- Free, confidential counselling services through our Employee Assistance Program
- Annual Flu Vaccination Program
How to Apply
Please submit a resume and a cover letter that addresses our Selection Criteria. Applications close 24 November
White Ribbon Workplaces are centres of respect and proactivity in relation to the safety of women in the workplace and the community.
Communicare encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI+ and people living with disabilities.
Short listing will commence immediately. We reserve the right to close the position without notice. Unsolicited resumes and contact from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.