AddressFred's Place Team Leader
Date: 13 Feb 2024
Location: Tweed Heads, NSW, AU, 2485
Requisition ID: 675
ABOUT US
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values it is to shape a more just and compassionate society.
We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.
Not-for-profit salary packaging tax free benefits, increasing your take home pay up to 15k!
SCHCADS Award Rates: $47.50 - 49.65 + Salary Packaging Benefits.
Learning and development programs to grow your career
THE ROLE
Rewarding role providing day-to-day leadership in all operational aspects of Freds Place and for a small team of dedicated Case Workers / Support Workers. Using your excellent communication and leadership skills you will improve the quality and consistency of the services provided to clients, and ultimately improve the likelihood successfully and sustainably house clients
RESPONSIBILITIES
providing supervision, guidance and leadership to team members and ensure they have the capability to accomplish team goals
foster a service culture characterised by partnership and collaboration with diverse internal and external stakeholders
providing regular reports as required by the Regional Manager
be actively involved in continuous quality improvement activities e.g. accreditation, review of policies and procedures
Keep up to date with current and leading best practice research in order to provide or facilitate innovative and effective case working practices, implement programs and activities
Understand budget parameters and where able, present possible strategies for improvement.
Provide direct client support with an ethical and non-judgemental stance
YOU WILL NEED
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and the ability to work in a person centred and trauma informed framework,
Relevant tertiary qualification/s in Social Work/Social Science/Community Welfare or other relevant field or equivalent work experience.
Demonstrated experience in leading a team and coordinating site management
Demonstrated experience/knowledge of issues relating to homelessness including but not limited to family breakdown, mental illness and substance misuse.
Ability to use sound judgement and act appropriately in crisis situations
Ability to manage high volume of clients and ability to understand risk management relevant to the demographic of clients
Demonstrated ability to establish collaborative relationships that enhance client outcomes
Knowledge of child protection issues, legislation and requirements.
NSW driver licence and ability to travel.
If this sounds like you, don’t wait - , we are interviewing applications as we receive them.
If you have questions about this role, or require an easy read Position Description, please email kim.kennedy@vinnies.org.au
St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.
The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.
