Children, Young People, and Family Services Team Leader

Job Title: Children, Young People, and Family Services Team Leader

Job Category: Youth & Family/Social/Community Services Worker or similar experience

Department/Group: ManagementChildren, Young People, and Family Services

Job Code/ Req#: AAFRO-TL-2026-002

State: Victoria, with a primary focus on the Western suburbs of Melbourne

Travel Required: Occasional Outreach work

Level/Salary Range: SCHADS Award up to Level 6

Position Type: Full-time – 2-year contract with occasional late-afternoon/weekend shifts.

Contact: Jiress [email protected]: 0428 338 634

Date Posted: 16/09/2026

Reports to: General Manager

Posting Expires: 30/10/2026

About the Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO)

The Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO) exists primarily to build a bridge between children, young people, and families of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, especially those of African descent and the wider Australian community.

Our Vision

All children, young people, and families have access to the opportunities they need to thrive independently and achieve their full potential.

Our Mission

To promote social justice by becoming a trusted hub of children, young people, and family services, providing specialist support and leadership to ensure African and multicultural communities feel trusted, welcomed, and understood.

AAFRO Values

Safety: We create safety

Culture: We are cultural champions

Empathy: We act with empathy and understanding

Transparency: We tell you what we can and can't do

Advocacy: We advocate for those we work with and the community





Child Safety

AAFRO is a child-safe organisation, and we have zero tolerance for all forms of abuse and neglect towards all children and young people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse children, and children with disabilities. Our organisation is committed to ensuring Aboriginal children and their families can express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights.

AAFRO's philosophy

AAFRO’s model of care is based on community restorative and healing practices that draw on a variety of traditional justice practices that promote collectivism rather than an individualist approach to everyday life, including Indigenous justice circles, the African philosophy of Ubuntu, and contemporary developments.

AAFRO’s Community Circle philosophy, based on Ubuntu and restorative practice, is built on human universality and traditional moral values of respect, integrity, togetherness, compassion, fairness, and dignity. AAFRO programs are designed to address community-wide issues by:

(i) Working with individuals and groups to reach their potential while they are in the community, including taking full responsibility for their actions,

(ii) Working towards restoring family relationships,

(iii)



Helping incarcerated people to reintegrate into their communities, and

(iv) Furthering and advancing women’s empowerment and community harmony.

Project Background

Our Children, Young People, and Family Services involve a range of programs using culturally responsive practices to enhance the wellbeing of children, young people, and families.

The Ubuntu framework ensures that this initiative is tailored to meet the needs of our service users and fosters appropriate interventions with long-lasting effects.

Position Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, committed, and skilled Children, Young People, and Family Services Team Leader to join our dedicated leadership team delivering AAFRO’s services.

As a Team Leader, you will work closely with staff, partners, volunteers, and the community, as well as with children, young people, families, and adults. You will supervise staff assigned to report to you and maintain accurate records.

This role involves working with staff and young people, including their families, who are at risk or in contact with police, child protection, and youth justice services, including prisons and the wider justice system. You will work with AAFRO’s leadership team and other areas of the organisation, including staff supervision and program implementation, writing project reports and grant applications, designing programs, undertaking data collection, coordinating operations, representing AAFRO to the wider community, and participating in training and evaluations. This role requires active engagement with staff who are in direct contact with the community and monit

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