Team Manager, Child Protection Intake

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Generous leave provisions

Training opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC in Box Hill seeks a passionate Team Manager to lead Intake Services on a fixed-term, full-time basis from January 2027 to April 2028. You will supervise a small team of practitioners assessing reports about at-risk children and determine if further protection work is required.

You will manage resources and budget, provide leadership and development support, and foster a learning, supportive environment for staff, with access to salary packaging,

Qualifications

• A social work, welfare or psychology related qualification.
• 4+ years experience in child protection, youth and family welfare.
• specialist child welfare knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Developing others: promote a learning environment for team members and support skill development.
• Problem solving: enable proactive and shared problem solving, using team strengths.
• Risk assessment and analysis: authorises plans in relation to risk assessment and intervention.

Skills

Team leadership

Child protection knowledge

Staff development

Engagement with practitioners

Education

Social work / welfare / psychology qualification

Job description

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC – Box Hill VIC

We are seeking a passionate and proactive Team Manager to join our Intake Services on a fixed term, full time basis from early January 2027 until early April 2028 and make a real change to the lives of others, keeping families safe and strong. This position will be based in Box Hill.

In this role you will support a small team of practitioners who will receive and assess reports from members of the community regarding children that might be at risk and determine if further child protection investigation is required. You will be responsible for effective service delivery, managing resources and budget and provide leadership and development support to staff.

Essential to your success will be a social work, welfare or psychology related qualification coupled with 4+ years work experience in child protection and/ or youth and family welfare as well as specialist child welfare knowledge and the ability to engage, and support other practitioners. In return you will benefit from a challenging and rewarding role that will provide opportunities for learning and growth. You will have access to salary packaging, generous leave provisions and excellent training opportunities and wellbeing programs.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

• Developing others: encourage a learning environmentfor team members, promoting the need for gaining new knowledge, insghts and skills
• Problem solving: creates an environment that allows for proactive and shared problem solving, supporting the team to use their strengths to resolve issues
• Risk assessment and analysis: authorises plans and decisions in relation to risk assessment, analysis and mitigation/intervention

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This role requires a Working with Children Check.
For more information on what this means, and all other requirements, please see the Position Description.