Team Leader - Support & Safety Hub

Team Leader – Support & Safety Hub (SR0121)

About the role

• Maximum Term Contract / Part time (0.8 FTE)
• Salary packaging, gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Competitive above-award salary, SCHADS Level 7.1 - $127,239.78 pro rata

Maximum Term Contract until 21 November 2027.

Role Purpose

The Team Leader - Support and Safety Hub will provide day-to-day operational management and leadership to Hub Practitioners within the Bayside Peninsula Support and Safety Hub, supporting the delivery of a high-quality intake, assessment, crisis response, planning and referral service to women and children who have experienced family violence, vulnerable children and families, and perpetrators of family violence.

This multidisciplinary role will see the Team Leader’s family violence, integrated family services and people leadership knowledge and skills to oversee the delivery of high quality, coordinated services and outcomes to vulnerable families and children consistent with the Integrated Practice Framework and DHHS service agreements.

In collaboration with other hub team leaders, practice leaders and partner organisations, The Team Leader - Support and Safety Hub will contribute to the review, development and implementation of systems, policies and procedures to build and enhance the Hub service model.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with other team leaders and partners, contribute to the development and implementation of a trauma informed, quality, integrated hub service for vulnerable women, children and families, including those who have experienced family violence
• Contribute to the provision of effective service responses to perpetrators of family violence in order to hold them accountable for their actions and change their behaviour
• Provide leadership, guidance and oversight to the hub team, including management of performance
• Provide day-to-day support and supervision of hub practitioners
• Develop staff rosters and management of workloads
• Comply with agency, funding and legislative requirements for information sharing, case recording and reporting
• Contribute to development of team and program plans, in collaboration with other hub Team Leaders, practice leaders and partner organisations
• Contribute to ongoing improvement and development of the hub model
• Develop collaborative relationships with partner organisations and the broader sector
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with GSANZ mission, values, behaviours and policies at all times

About you

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams and providing reflective supervision.
• Strong knowledge of family violence, child wellbeing, Best Interest Principles, and risk assessment frameworks.
• Understanding of referral pathways and support services for women, children, vulnerable families, and perpetrators of family violence.
• Experience working within Family Violence Services, Integrated Family Services, Child Protection, Men's Services and/or Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.
• Ability to build effective relationships and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience using data, reporting, and continuous improvement processes to support service delivery outcomes.
• Commitment to culturally safe practice, including developing cultural safety plans where required.
• Ability to contribute positively to consultation processes, communities of practice, and organisational learning and development initiatives.

Benefits

• Salary packaging - up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year, plus entertainment up to $2650
• 4 days gifted leave at Christmas and Easter (pro rata)
• Additional leave through purchase leave pathways
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
• Eligible for participation in the portable long service leave program

About Us

Our 2023-2027 strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role in advancing it. We aspire for all women, girls, and families to be safe, well, strong, and connected. We strive for equity, dignity and social justice for women, girls and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive.

We want women, girls and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income and enjoy financial wellbeing. We aim to provide place-based, people-centred, holistic services while working at the system level to achieve bold and audacious reform. We currently offer microfinance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family and domestic violence support services, family and youth programs, playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and strong advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality.

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand (GSANZ) respects the dignity of all people, draws strength from, and celebrates the diversity of our community. At GSANZ, we strive for an inclusive culture where all identities feel safe and that they belong. We welcome and actively seek applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all sexual orientations and gender expressions and identities, people with disability, and culturally and racially marginalised people. Each person’s individual decision regarding disclosure will be fully respected.

How to apply

Please click 'Apply' to complete your application. Please upload your resume and a brief cover letter addressing the requirements of the role.

Applications are considered as they are received.

To view the position description, please visit [external link] Leader Support Safety Hub_March24.pdf

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Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand is a Child Safe employer. Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check, National Criminal History check and proof of the right to work in Australia.

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