Team Leader, Family Services
EFT
75 hours per fortnight, continuing position
Location
Ballarat. Travel to other locations may be required.
Closing Date
Sunday 26 March 2023
Contact
Melinda Shaw | Manager, Family Services
T 0490 292 354 | E people&culture@catholiccarevic.org.au
Working within the Family Services team you will aim to promote strong families with children who are safe, healthy, resilient and thriving; and parents and caregivers who are supported to create safe and nurturing home environments.
As a Team Leader, Family Services you will work with the other Team Leaders in the program across CatholicCare Victoria. Team Leaders provide support and supervision to practitioners engaged with children, young people and parents/caregivers in a child focused, empowering and meaningful way
Using a Relational Approach practitioners work with families to Connect; Understand; Link-Up; Build and Empower; and Create Opportunities. Close working relationships with other stakeholders, including Child Protection, are built to ensure that children can remain in, or return to families safely.
Specifically, the position is responsible for:
- supporting Family Services Practitioners to conduct and develop assessments and time limited case practice interventions that lead to improved outcomes for children which include safety and stability within families
- providing leadership to enable an outcome focused, flexible and coordinated service
- ensuring current documentation of program processes are up to date
- monitoring and supporting staff in the development of goals, action plans and safety plans with families through direct work with individuals and groups as appropriate.
To be considered for this position, applicants require:
- professional qualification in Social Work, Welfare or other relevant tertiary study
- substantial experience in the community and social services sector
- demonstrated experience in providing supervision to staff and /or students within a community services organisation or other program providing direct casework support to families and children
- demonstrated experience in working as a practitioner in a similar field providing direct case work/clinical support to children and families.
As a condition of employment, CatholicCare Victoria as an employer will collect, record and store vaccination information on employees where required in line with the Privacy Act. All CatholicCare Victoria workers are to be fully vaccinated (boosted), unless they are an Excepted Person for medical reasons. All applicants must therefore be able to comply with this requirement. This means that successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of their vaccination status to CatholicCare Victoria prior to commencement of employment.
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