Job Description
Lead a high-impact Family Wellbeing program supporting children and families
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We're partnering with a fantastic organisation to recruit an experienced Manager - Family Wellbeing Service to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, culturally informed, family-led support.
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This is a hands-on leadership role for a confident people manager who can balance practice excellence, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and operational performance-while building a strong, values-driven team culture.
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The opportunity
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As the Manager, you will lead the program's model of care and day-to-day operations, with responsibility for:
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Referral, intake, triage and waitlist management to meet community need
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Oversight of high-risk/critical safety matters (client risk, organisational risk, escalation and response)
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Coaching and supervision to strengthen practice quality and client engagement outcomes
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Whole-of-service integration, linking families into wrap-around internal and external supports
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Performance and reporting, including building and maintaining operational dashboards
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Stakeholder engagement across key systems (e.g., Child Safety, schools, hospitals and partner services)
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A strong safety culture,



ensuring worker safety planning and secure field practice is embedded
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What you'll bring
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To succeed, you will have strong leadership capability grounded in contemporary child safety / social service practice, including:
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Demonstrated experience managing larger teams and driving quality, accountability and culture
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Strong capability applying and critiquing social work / child safety frameworks in practice
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Proven ability to influence stakeholders and support staff to navigate complex systems
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Sound judgement in risk decision-making, including working through legislative and practice "grey zones"
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Confidence using data to drive performance, caseload management, and continuous improvement
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Mandatory requirements
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Successful applicants will need (or be willing to obtain):
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National Police Check
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Queensland Blue Card
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Current Driver's Licence
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Evidence of work rights in Australia
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Willingness to travel and work in the community as required
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Why apply?
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$131,000 + car provided
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Permanent, full-time leadership chance
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Meaningful role with genuine community impact
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Supported recruitment process through Tradewind
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📌 Manager - Supporting Children And Families (Queensland)
🏢 Tradewind Recruitment Australia
📍 Queensland