Job description
- Join a leading provider trusted to deliver exceptional services in Residential Care.
- Provide both on the line support to your team and young people as well as off the line operational management and leadership.
- Full time SCHADS Level 6 position based in St Albans.
Why Choose Anglicare Victoria?
As a sector leader in children, youth, and family services, we’re not just setting the bar; we’re redefining it. Join a senior leadership team that thrives on making a difference through innovation, service delivery, and excellence.
You will join an award-winning organisation that has led major changes to the system including the acclaimed Home Stretch Reform, the Compass Social Impact Bond, and scaled new approaches for families at risk. We hope you will be a part of our continued journey towards improvement, innovation, and reform across the sector for our clients.
Your role:
A position in residential care can be as varied as the team you’ll support and the young people in our care, but in the end it’s all about leading a team to deliver the best possible therapeutic and restorative care to young people.
The role is challenging and varied, offering a chance to continue to learn, grow and contribute to positive outcomes. The role would suit candidates with demonstrated experience and skills as a leader of people, an advocate for best practice and someone who believes in and can drive the values and core pillars of the organisation. Extensive knowledge and understanding of therapeutic crisis intervention, care and development is also essential.
Positions objectives:
- Providing and ensuring that appropriate therapeutic interventions and responses are employed to work with all children and young people in residential care to promote stability, growth and pro-social development.
- Overseeing all case management tasks and requirements ensuring planning for each young person will support post care transition into independent or semi-independent living.
- The development and maintenance of a safe, secure and planned environment where the developmental needs of children and young people are effectively met as per program guidelines.
- Provide leadership, support and supervision to residential care staff and play a lead role in the creation of a culture that promotes healing from the range of traumatic experiences of the young people.
- Coordinate therapeutic team meetings, liaise with internal and external stakeholders and ensure an ongoing culture of collaboration, resilience and therapeutic care
To learn more about the role a full Position Description is available here or attached below.
Who are we looking for:
- A high level knowledge of adolescent and child development and the theories relating to Trauma and Attachment as the aftermath of abuse and neglect.
- Highly developed skills in managing the challenging and confronting behaviours that arise from this; in a calm and consistent manner and modelling this to staff.
- Strong understanding of therapeutic support and crisis intervention.
- The ability to provide strong leadership, direction and coaching to residential care staff.
- The ability to oversee all facets and requirements of the residential program as it relates to community, agency and government expectations and requirements.
- Experience in and/or understanding of the child protection system.
What makes this such a great role for you:
This is a great opportunity to join one of Victoria’s leading organisations that has led major change to the system through its services and impact, and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey in working and servicing the needs of vulnerable children youth and families.
As a House Coordinator at AV you’ll receive:
- SCHCADS level 6 $106,000- $108,000 plus super @ 11.5%.
- Access to Salary Packaging of up to $15,900.
- Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts.
- Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Well Worth It! Program, My Fitness Passport and our EAP.
- Supervision and ongoing support available from a Senior Team Leader.
What our people say- “AV is an organisation where if you want to challenge yourself or explore opportunities, you don’t have to leave to do that. There are so many great people, programs and services, so it’s an organisation where you have great conditions for growth and development”.
Ready to take the next step:
All you need to do is click Apply Now. You will be taken to our careers page where you can simply “Apply for this job” over on the right-hand side.
To support your application, please provide us with a resume, along with a 1-page cover letter that describes you, your motivation to apply, your desire to work in Residential Care and your availability i.e. full time or part time as well as anything else that you feel might add value to your application and set you apart.
We may reach out during the advertising period to discuss your application in more detail and ask some further questions. You can also contact Melissa Bateman on 03 9366 0144 if you have any questions about the role.
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.
Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.
Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.