Support Manager (Child & Family Services)

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Lifestyle Solutions is looking for a Support Manager to join our Child & Family services team in Newcastle.

Summary about this job

Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services

Company: Lifestyle Solutions

Location: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter

Work type: Full Time

Salary: SCHADS + Salary Sacrifice + Superannuation

Phone: +61-2-9577-6891

Fax: +61-7-7800-8774

E-mail: n\a

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Detail information about job Support Manager (Child & Family Services). Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Join a industry leading organisation
  • Permanent Full-Time position
  • Immediate start

Who Are We?

As a national organisation, Lifestyle Solutions has grown to become one of the major leaders and innovators in the Community Services sector in Australia.  We are a National Not for Profit organisation with a rapidly growing workforce of 2,000 passionate and talented people who are committed to providing person centred, flexible and innovative support services to people living with disability and other support services for children, adults and families. The key to our success lies in our commitment to delivering person centred solutions, a commitment to equality and social justice and a commitment to outcomes that are meaningful for each individual. 

The Opportunity

We are seeking a passionate, dedicated, and emotionally resilient Support Manager to guide our Children and Young People. As the Support Manager, you will ensure the coordination of all service at the residential site and complete day to day case work, guaranteeing the needs of our Children and Young People are being met in consultation with relevant stakeholders.

The Support Manager will enable our Children and Young People to improve their quality of life, participation in the community ensuring service delivery is person centred and is based on a framework of strengths based intervention and support. This will be achieve by providing excellent support, supervision and management of the Residential Support Workers within the  OOHC Residential Service Program.  

What do I need?

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

  • A tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or related discipline
  • Relevant Management experience of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care who have a disability and/or with complex care needs due to trauma based background.
  • Experience managing staff who regularly face crisis situations in the course of their work.
  • Tertiary qualifications in social sciences, community services and or equivalent experience in delivery of service.
  • Knowledge and demonstrated experience to work within the relevant legislation, OOHC Standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Capacity to apply culturally appropriate practices with Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Excellent oral and written communication and demonstrated administration skills and computer literacy
  • Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary teams and in partnership with other services, and to receive feedback and guidance
  • Current drivers licence
  • Willingness to work out of business hours.
  • Working with Children Check.

 Desirable:

  • Demonstrated experience of working with people from Aboriginal and Culturally Linguistic diverse communities.

We are a CHILD SAFE Organisation

 

We encourage you to submit an application today! We will be shortlisting & interviewing outstanding people during the application period. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

 Lifestyle Solutions reserves the right to close this job to new applicants prior to the specified closing date without notice.

 

For any further information please call Megan McKee on 02 4014 7895

 

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER:

Any offer of employment and subsequent continuing employment is dependent upon the applicants’ capability, application, interview and selection process and completion of relevant pre-employment probity checks. All applicants are required to undergo employment screening through probity checks, prior to commencing.

Lifestyle Solutions reserves the right to remove this post before the specified closing date. 

Lifestyle Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. 

 

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