Trauma‑Informed Residential Care Manager

Child Protection; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 123,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Paid Parental Leave

Salary Packaging

Health and Fitness Perks

Job summary

Department for Child Protection (DCP) in Adelaide seeks a Residential Care Placement Manager to lead clinical placement assessments, ensuring safety and wellbeing for children and young people in Residential Care. You will apply trauma-informed care, ethical frameworks and strong leadership to shape care outcomes and guide staff in complex placements.

The role blends policy, practice and stakeholder collaboration, with the opportunity to influence service development, while meeting professional

Qualifications

• Ethically sound, trauma-informed practice.
• Extensive experience in a residential care environment to perform clinical assessments.
• Apply cultural and ethical frameworks to provide suitable placements.
• Provide consultation services across stakeholders and settings.
• Strong verbal and written communication, especially in mediation and negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee placement decisions for young people entering Residential Care.
• Employ trauma-informed and therapeutic models of care to understand needs.
• Liaise with stakeholders on projects and consultations to optimise outcomes.
• Improve strategic leadership and business planning to uphold ethics.
• Ensure clinical matching criteria are relevant, timely and high-quality.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Social Work qualification

Related field qualification (Community Services, Social Sciences, Health)

Job description

Department for Child Protection (DCP) in Adelaide seeks a Residential Care Placement Manager to lead clinical placement assessments, ensuring safety and wellbeing for children and young people in Residential Care. You will apply trauma-informed care, ethical frameworks and strong leadership to shape care outcomes and guide staff in complex placements.

The role blends policy, practice and stakeholder collaboration, with the opportunity to influence service development, while meeting professional