Care Coordinator

Attractive remuneration packages are negotiable to candidates with extensive previous workplace experience and relevant tertiary qualifications.

• Are you passionate about ultimately making an impact in a young person's trajectory?
• Do you have the energy and enthusiasm to embed strong practice frameworks into daily habits?
• Do you thrive in leading teams through change towards improved outcomes? 

If your answer is yes to these questions, then this exciting role may be for you. 

As a Care Coordinator you will split your time between engaging with fellow leaders at our Helensvale corporate offices and our residential care homes throughout Logan and the Gold Coast, in beautiful residential settings. 

You will co-create programs and activities which will benefit the young people's development and recovery from trauma. Thorough assessment and goal planning will ensure you target casework activities toward the key life domains of health, safety, education, identity and cultural connection. This is a very exciting opportunity and rewarding role.

About Us:

All Care Australia uses a trauma-informed approach when supporting the young people in our care. We provide therapeutic home environments for young people with histories of complex trauma, abuse, and neglect. Our goal is to provide the young people with a sense of family, support to heal, a chance to positively connect with others and the opportunity to rebuild their lives.

We deliver services aligned with our values and our practice framework. Our values are:

• Respect: we see people’s value and co-create opportunities for a bright future.
• Integrity: we show our uncompromising ethical principles and value.
• Safety: we work with people to carefully mitigate risk while living a full life.
• Excellence: we use continual improvement to strive every day for best practice.

As a commitment to our young people and our team's continual professional development, All Care Australia has partnered with Dr. Paul Gibney who has developed an in-depth training program for our team utilising relationship-based practice. 

Our practice framework reinforces the importance of:

• Relationship-based care;
• Engaging young people in therapeutic processes;
• The critical emotional skills;
• Assessments understanding the repeating patterns and meaningful contradictions; and
• Therapeutic conversations that create possibilities.

About You

As a Residential Care Coordinator with All Care Australia, you will help us to implement proactive solutions that support management in ensuring quality outcomes for the young people in our placements.

You will be accountable for the day-to-day management of care teams, the support of children and young people, and mandatory reporting to governing bodies. 

You will possess:

• A strength-based, solution-focussed approach to both working with vulnerable children and building high performing teams;
• A high level of fiscal accountability in relation to budgets and expenditure
• A high level of organisational and administration skills with proficiency in Google Drive;
• The ability to prioritise effectively and multi-task in a busy environment;
• The ability to ensure all legislative requirements associated with the care site are undertaken by responsible personnel while ensuring compliance with WH&S and organisational quality assurance; and
• Exceptional team building skills and effective conflict resolution management.

Essential Criteria

• Diploma (or above) in a relevant qualification to the Community Services Sector
• Demonstrated experience in working within a child protection setting with a strong framework around children in therapeutic residential settings;
• A high level of written and verbal skills to communicate complex matters to both children and external stakeholders;
• An exceptional ability to undertake risk management and safety planning for children inclusive of incident reporting frameworks and positive behavior supports;
• Supervisory and leadership experience in building high performing teams.
• A current paid Blue Card (or willing to obtain)
• LCS2 Check Approved (or willing to obtain)
• Current open Driver's license

Please "Select apply for this Position" and submit a resume and cover letter which clearly addresses the essential criteria  and how the skills you possess match the role. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

All Care Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging throughout Australia.