Team Leader - Foster Carer Recruitment, Assessment & Training
Job No:
Berry3334
Location:
Mt Helen
- Mt Helen location
- Full time, fixed term position for 12 months
- Salary package equivalent to $109,000pa (inclusive of base salary, super and salary packaging)
- Additional $10,500pa motor vehicle allowance
For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2022: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.
The Opportunity
Berry Street provides Foster Care services in the Western Region of Victoria. The program provides General, Intensive and Complex Foster Care for children and young people who are unable to live with their own families. Most children and young people are placed in out of home care following child protection intervention. A small number are in care on a voluntary basis. Voluntary and statutory placements can be of a short or long term nature.
Key Responsibilities
The Team Leader – Foster Carer Recruitment, Assessment & Training will be responsible for the leadership, implementation and delivery of a comprehensive recruitment strategy with the aim of having a sufficient pool of trained and accredited carers to meet the needs of children requiring out of home care.
The Team Leader will be skilled at carer recruitment, assessment, training and development including maintaining the carer data base and ensuring compliance against the Home Based Care Program Requirements (DHHS). This position is also responsible for the development and delivery of Shared Stories Shared Lives Victoria training.
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About You
You will have a tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or a related discipline along with a minimum of three years’ experience within the sector. You will have a thorough understanding of the theoretical frameworks that underpin Berry Street’s approach to out of home care, in particular, attachment, grief and loss and trauma, along with a sophisticated understanding of the complexity of the service system and the issues involved in providing services to statutory clients.
The Benefits
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
- Additional $10,500pa motor vehicle allowance.
How to Apply
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by 11pm on Tuesday 26 November 2019. Queries to Jess Murphy, Senior Manager Child and Youth Services on 03 5330 5000.
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.