Nurse Manager

Youth Support and Advocacy Service; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks annual leave

NFP salary packaging for living costs/

Flexible working

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) seeks a Manager, Secure Welfare to lead 24/7 operations across Ascot Vale and Maribyrnong, delivering primary health services and support to young people in Secure Care. The role oversees staffing, safety, risk management and program development.

The Manager will drive clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence-based decision making within the organisation, inspiring a values-based culture and strategic leadership across two sites.

Qualifications

• Clinical leadership and people management required.
• Mental health, AOD and secure care nursing expertise needed.
• Primary health care coordination and integrated care experience desirable.
• Strong risk assessment, incident and crisis management skills.
• Clinical governance, quality improvement and compliance focus.
• Stakeholder engagement, communication and partnership development.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Mental Health & AOD Expertise

Primary Health Care Coordination

Risk Assessment & Crisis Mgmt

Clinical Governance & Quality

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

• Application close Date COB on 26th November 2026


• Full Time (76 Hours per fortnight)


• Fixed Term until 30th June 2027


• Remuneration dependent on qualifications and experience + superannuation


• 5 Weeks Annual Leave


• Up to $15,900 for living expenses + up to $2,600 towards meals and entertainment can be tax-free through NFP Salary Packaging


• Other registration required: AHPRA

About us

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive, youth specific community service organisation that enables young people experiencing serious disadvantage to access the resources and support they require to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

YSAS is a Child Safe organisation. We actively promote the safety and wellbeing of young people, and are committed to protecting young people from harm or abuse who come into contact with and/or access our service.

At YSAS we are committed to people of a diversity of backgrounds and identities being included, represented, and having the opportunity to participate equally in the life of our organisation and the communities in which we provide our services. We strive to create the conditions where people feel safe, enfranchised and valued. We value lived-living experience wisdom, insight, and knowledge.

About the position

Secure Care provides primary health services to young people who are in Secure Welfare Services and at substantial and immediate risk of significant harm as part of Child Protection and Family Services. YSAS has responsibility for the delivery of primary health services to young people in Secure Care Services. Young people placed in Secure Care Services face physical, cognitive, psychological and social changes and challenges commonly associated with this life stage. However, in contrast to most young people, they often have complex multiple health problems and comorbidities, particularly in the areas of problematic alcohol and other drug use, offence-specific behaviours, high-risk behaviours and mental health problems.

The Manager, Secure Welfare is responsible for the management of a 24-hour work environment over 7 days of the week. This includes overseeing quality and safety processes. Staffing, rostering, risk assessment and mitigation and ongoing program development.

Based across two sites, Ascot Vale and Maribyrnong, the Manager Secure Welfare unit has a critical role in the development of business intelligence and identification of emerging trends that enable the delivery of high quality, clinically safe services and evidence-based decision making within the organisation. The Manager unit holds a formal leadership role and therefore is responsible for inspiring a shared vision, modelling a values-based approach, and creating a culture in which new ways of working are encouraged and enabled.

Key Selection Criteria

1. Clinical Leadership and Team Management


2. Mental Health, AOD and Secure Care Nursing Expertise


3. Primary Health Care and Integrated Care Coordination


4. Risk Assessment, Incident and Crisis Management


5. Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and Compliance


6. Stakeholder Engagement, Communication and Partnership Development

What our young people request from our workers:

“A good worker takes the time to understand your interests and doesn’t treat everyone the same.” \"Young people believe that a good YSAS worker is empathetic and good at actively listening in a non-judgmental way, is relatable, down-to-earth and able to build trust and rapport in a consistent manner". \"It takes time to trust someone, but it’s worth it when you know they’ve got your back". Young people have also raised that genuine human connection is an important quality, \"being authentically human\", while having a holistic, flexible, and adaptable approach that considers the entire context of a young person’s life and their intersectionalities. \"It’s about making sure workers don’t just tick boxes but genuinely want to see us thrive"”

Regardless of where they are based or what position a worker has, everything we do at YSAS is about young people and their families.

For full details of the position and more about YSAS benefits please visit our employment website https://ysas.org.au/employment/

Why work with us?

• YSAS has a true commitment to flexible working, ensuring that individual, team and client needs are met


• YSAS offers additional leave entitlements such as gender affirmation, ceremonial leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, fertility leave, blood donors leave, a generous Parental Leave Scheme and the ability to purchase additional leave.


• Access to learning and development opportunities


• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Please Note:

1. As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.

2. You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Lateef Adeleye, Program Manager Residential, on 0437541*** regarding the Nurse Manager position, Recruitment Ref. Number – 090_2026.

• YSAS is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.


• YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.