Home Based Care Manager: Foster & Kinship Leadership

Brophy; Warrnambool; On-site; AUD 112,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrificing up to $15,899 per F

Long service leave (portable)

Learning & development opportunities

Above Award Salary – Minimum $124,950.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Wellbeing days + Annual leave

Extra public holiday on Easter Tuesday

Job summary

Brophy Family & Youth Services is seeking a Manager – Home Based Care to lead our Home Based Care team, delivering foster care, kinship care and caregiver recruitment services for children, young people and families. You will provide operational and practice leadership, develop Team Leaders and partner with the community to ensure safe, stable and nurturing care arrangements.

We value trauma-informed, culturally safe practice, strong governance and continuous improvement, empowering teams to

Qualifications

• A sound understanding of issues confronting disadvantaged children, young people and families, including those involved with Child Protection and Home Based Care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Home Based Care team to deliver foster, kinship care and caregiver recruitment services.
• Provide operational and practice leadership and develop Team Leaders.
• Strengthen service quality with child-centred, trauma-informed, culturally safe and evidence-informed practice.
• Build partnerships across Brophy and the broader community; champion voices and rights of children and young people.
• Lead continuous improvement to improve day-to-day service delivery while keeping children and young people at the heart of decisions.

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Brophy Family & Youth Services is seeking a Manager – Home Based Care to lead our Home Based Care team, delivering foster care, kinship care and caregiver recruitment services for children, young people and families. You will provide operational and practice leadership, develop Team Leaders and partner with the community to ensure safe, stable and nurturing care arrangements.

We value trauma-informed, culturally safe practice, strong governance and continuous improvement, empowering teams to