Team Manager, Child Protection After Hours Services

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC – Mildura VIC

We are seeking a proactive and resilient Team Manager to join our After Hours program on a ongoing, full-time rostered basis and make a real difference in the lives of children, young people and families. This position will be based in Mildura.

The After-Hours program operates on a structured, rostered model and provides response and emergency outreach visits as required to all child protection matters that are received outside core business hours; at night, on weekends and on public holidays.

In this role you will join a passionate team that shares your commitment to keeping children safe and families connected. You willbe responsible foreffective service delivery which will involve managing a small team of Child Protection Practitioners, allocation of cases, resource and budget management. You will have the formal delegation to endorse and review case plans to bring about the changes necessary to ensure the safety, stability and development of children and young people and to promote the achievement of case plan objectives within specified timeframes. The position will work collaboratively with the Senior Child Protection Practitioners to help strengthen case practice and to support the development of practitioners to ensure effective service delivery.





Essential to your success will be a recognised Social Work or Welfare related qualification/ or equivalent coupled with relevant experience as well as a strong sense of social justice and an understanding that families are complex, with their own unique histories.

In return you will benefit from excellent learing and development opportunities and access to employee wellbeing initiatives, generous leave provisions including additional annual leave per year and a competitive salary with access to salary packaging resulting in tax savings and as a rostered employee you will be entitled to applicable penalty rates and allowances. Eligible employees will also receive annual Retention Allowance payments.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

- Case planning review and case management:leads planning, review and management of their own and team members' case work
- Practice leadership:leads planning, review and management of assessment and decision making in line with best practice principles and legislative requirements; expertly translates best practice principles and legislative requirements to apply in practice
- Developing others:encourages a learning workplace for team members, promoting the need for gaining new knowledge, insights and skills.

This role requires a Working with Children Check.
Further advice on obtaining this check can be found here: https://www.vic.gov.au/working-with-children-check
For more information on what this means, and all other requirements, please see the Position Description.

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📌 Team Manager, Child Protection After Hours Services (Mildura)
🏢 Department Of Families, Fairness & Housing Vic
📍 Mildura