Children's Team Coordinator- Marlborough
The Marlborough Children’s Team have an exciting fixed term opportunity for a Team Coordinator to join their business unit.
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Oranga Tamariki
Location: Marlborough
Work type: Contract/Temp
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Phone: +64-3-892-7741
Fax: +64-4-998-4189
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Detail information about job Children's Team Coordinator- Marlborough. Terms and conditions vacancy
Job ID: 24855
- Come join a small and supportive team environment
- Make a difference in the lives of our young people
- Fixed term till 30 June 2019
About us:
The Children’s Team is a part of the recently formed Oranga Tamariki – the Ministry dedicated to supporting children in New Zealand that includes the previous Child Youth and Family Service.
About the role:
The Marlborough Children’s Team have an exciting fixed term opportunity for a Team Coordinator to join their business unit. A key member of the team, the primary focus is to provide on-going support to agency workers who are delivering a coordinated response to children and their whānau. We are a small team who work closely with our Social Sector Partner Agencies, and so confidence in building and maintaining relationships with all our key stakeholders is fundamental to the role.
The Children's Team Coordinator will be responsible for:
- managing the referral and case management system and providing regular reports to the Children's Team Director
- supporting Lead Professionals who provide face-to-face contact with tamariki and their whānau
- coordinating meetings, service response and other activities required to support Children's Teams for tamariki and their whānau.
To be successful in this role you will require the following:
- a collaborative approach to relationship management
- an understand of a child-centred, whānau-led approach, based on a comprehensive model of assessment
- a proactive approach to developing and maintain new processes, with a pragmatic solution focus
- the ability to work with sensitive/ confidential information and manage ambiguous situations
- a working knowledge of administration tasks and word processing skills
- an able to multi task a range of activities with attention to detail
- be highly organised with strong time management skills
- bring strong communication and interpersonal and facilitation skills
- a practice background in a Health, Education, or the Social Services would be an advantage.
What we offer:
We offer a dedicated and supportive team, flexible work options and the opportunity to apply your skills and experience to the wellbeing of Tamariki.
If you want to be part of changing the way New Zealand supports it's children please apply now.
How to apply:
Internal Oranga Tamariki Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
All external applicants including MSD employees please apply through the apply button and upload your CV and cover letter to our applicant tracking system. Please note all applications must be made online.
If you have any questions please contact Mike Henderson on 0272 343 798 or 03 984 4290
Applications close: 23 July 2018. #LI-ORG
Position Description
http://www.msd.govt.nz/hr/documents/position-descriptions/mvcot/children-s-team-coordinator-ot.docx