Team Leader Adoption and Permanent Care
An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and motivated leader to manage and deliver Anglicare Victoria’s Adoption and Permanent Care Service
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Anglicare Victoria
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-2-9395-8388
Fax: +61-7-1175-5550
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Detail information about job Team Leader Adoption and Permanent Care. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Yarraville location
- Full Time
- Committed and experienced team
- Yarraville location
- Full Time
- Committed and experienced team
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, 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:
The Adoption and Permanent Care program places children and young people in alternate permanent family placement when they are unable to live within their birth family network. The program's key aspects of service delivery include the recruitment and support of adoptive and permanent care families, working with birth families, linking/matching children to placement, relinquishment counselling, preparation of children for placement, case management functions, court work and order legalization processes. The service also provides an Adoption Information Service.
The primary goal of a permanent placement is ensuring the acknowledgement of the child's birth identity and maintaining birth family relationships whilst developing a sense of security and attachment for the child within placement.
To Be Successful in this Position You Will Need:
- Excellent communication with ability to engage with a wide variety of people.
- Demonstrated supervisory experience and leadership qualities, with the capacity to motivate and lead a team of professional staff.
- A thorough understanding of the issues relating to the placement of children in permanent out of home placements including permanency planning and its application in out of home care.
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs and motivations of caregivers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience in working with children/families and caregivers in out of home care.
- The ability to appropriately balance competing demands and interests of key stakeholders.
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.
Detailed Position Description: PD - Team Leader - Adoption and Permanent Care - West - 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 Spiros Drakopoulos, Program Manager Placement & Support on 9396 7400.
Applications close: 20th July 2018
We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.