Coordinator - Residential Youth Care
Job No:
S3680
Location:
Anglicare SQ - Children & Families - Logan, QLD
About the Position
Anglicare’s Children & Families service provides Youth Residential Care in a number of locations across South East Queensland. Our Residential services offer care and support to children and young people in a home setting as an alternative to foster and kinship care, and range from immediate response for young people experiencing crisis, to short and long term options for children and young people who require stable care.
Our teams provide this care and support for young people (12-18 year olds) and are currently looking for a passionate and proactive full time Coordinator to join them - providing operational guidance and support to a small team of Youth Workers who oversee the wellbeing of children and young people in our care.
This is a re-advertised role, previous applicants need not apply.
About You
With a collaborative and consultative approach, our successful candidate will be happy to roll up their sleeves and hit the ground running. Skills and capabilities will include:
- A management background in child protection or youth work within residential programs, and a passion for creating success
- Experience in planning and implementing strategies based on individual needs and behaviours
- A consultative and collaborative approach and able to provide positive and practical resolution
- Strong forward-planning and resource management skills, with the ability to ensure rosters successfully cover all leave requirements
- Being organised with exceptional time management skills, as you will need to juggle a number of operational tasks while effectively maintaining management and administrative duties
- A great leader who can arrange, advise, organise and implement team meetings and trainings as required
- Confident and positive group facilitator with capacity to provide one-on-one mentoring and support
- A mature, outcomes-focused attitude with a willingness to lead both staff and young people to positive results
- Confident to both up-manage and support a busy, hard-working team to ensure both service and organisational success
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the capability to relate to a wide range of children, young people and their families
- You will also be required to be on-call on a rotating roster.
Although attitude and abilities are the priority for this role, you will also be required to hold:
- Degree in Behavioural or Human Services, Psychology, Social Work or similar field
- A current Licenced Care Services (LCS)
- Valid Blue Card (Working with Children)
- Current Queensland Driver Licence
What We Offer
Anglicare is committed to building a highly skilled workforce, assisted by a dedicated management team. We support our staff with learning and development initiatives, an employee benefits program and progressive human resources management strategies, and are recognised as a leading employer in the non-profit sector. You will also enjoy:
- A highly supportive, collaborative leadership team with significant opportunities for personal and professional development
- Working with a strong, friendly team of professionals who are passionate and care about making a difference
- A strong network of support including peers, management and other team members
- Extensive development of your skills and capabilities in a busy, rewarding fixed term role
- A chance to increase your take home pay with full PBI salary packaging options
Show Your Interest
Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working within an organisation that values your professional contribution and personal well-being.
Anglicare is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ communities, people with disabilities and people with a lived experience of mental health issues. We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing on-going care and protection.
This is a re-advertised role, previous applicants need not apply.
JOB NUMBER S3680
For further information please contact
Isabel Monaghan on 07 3340 9230
Applications close Friday 16th November 2018
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.
About Us
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.
Anglicare has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs and is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout Southeast Queensland.