Residential Skills Coach

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Residential Skills Coach. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Bring your ideas, experience and creative wisdom
• An exciting demonstration project, in response to reform for out of home care
• Be part of an innovative therapeutic team

• This role offers an opportunity to join an exciting demonstration project, in response to reform for out of home care.  
• Bring your ideas, experience and creative wisdom in helping to shape an evidence informed, therapeutic response to children and young people recovering from the trauma.
• Be part of an innovative, therapeutic team, helping children and young people recover from traumatic events.

About Us

At Anglicare Victoria our focus is on transforming the futures of children and young people, families and adults. Our work is based on three guiding pillars, Prevent, Protect, and Empower. We offer a comprehensive network of services and seek to ensure the provision of high quality services that will bring about significant improvements in the life experience of the young people, children and families/caregivers with whom we work.

The Position:

Anglicare Victoria, in conjunction with Mind Australia and Monash Health are excited to be delivering Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) program to young people aged 13 – 16 years who experience complex emotional and behavioral difficulties and are currently in, or are likely to be placed in, residential care.

The Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) Program is a therapeutic evidence based model for out-of-home care, which has been designed in collaboration with partner agencies.  Under the direction of the House Coordinator of KEYS, you will work as part of a team to deliver high quality care to young people in an Intensive Support Service house.

The Skills Coach will provide consistent and motivational support enabling positive and forward looking outcomes to young people who are being accommodated within the Intensive Support Service and in an outreach capacity.

You will provide direct coaching and guidance to young people, working towards agreed individual plans and this will include:

• Keep young people and their families who meet the program service criteria appropriately engaged to achieve the program’s goals and objectives.
• Use intervention strategies (as per program guidelines) which achieve overall program goal of reunification of young people with their families or reconciliation regarding their family situation and resolution of other presenting problems.
• Keep young people safe and well cared for while in agency accommodation.
• Reduce vulnerability in the young people referred to the service and contribute to greater clarity about workable options for their future.
• Deliver service provision on the basis of clearly developed and negotiated individual Placement Plans.
• Ensure effective service terminations with service goals for young people and their families are met.

 Key responsibilities:

• Work as part of a team to deliver high quality care to young people in an Intensive Support Service house.
• Direct service work with young people in the program and where appropriate their families as agreed in the individual plans for the young people
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a safe, secure and planned environment wherein young people’s developmental needs are effectively met.
• Contribute to the development of participant group cohesion and the positive utilisation of group dynamics within the service
• Support young people to be at the centre of all the decisions and plans relating to them and encourage and facilitate the young people’s council occurring.
• Work closely with clinical team to focus practice on achieving positive futures and long term outcomes for young people.
• Contribute to the development of a comprehensive education/living skills programs such as HEAL and ERIC.
• Undertake designated case functions and tasks as per individual client plans.
• Provide opportunities for the development of resident young people’s social and recreational skills as per program guidelines.

To Be Successful in this Position You Will Need:

1. A relevant tertiary qualification, including Social Work or a related qualifications. A minimum of a Certificate 4 in Youth Services of other relevant fields.
2. Capacity and commitment to work effectively with young people in a residential setting to achieve planned change.
3. Relevant experience and competence in the Human Service field including working with young people across ages.
4. An ability to provide support within a therapeutic context.
5. An ability to work flexibly to meet the challenging needs of young people.
6. Ability and willingness to work effectively as part of a team, to meet program goals and objectives.
7. Appropriate verbal and written communication skills.

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

For a detailed position description,  PD_Residential Skills Coach_KEYS_June 2018.pdf

To apply for this position you will need to complete the online application. You will be requested to attach your resume and your responses to the Key Selection Criteria as separate documents.

For further enquiries contact: Sinead Crowe, KEYS Program Manager on 03 9293 8500

Applications close: COB Wednesday 8th August 2018.

We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People