AddressThis position is Aboriginal identified. To perform this role, it is essential that the person who holds the role be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 that applicants are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.
As Manager of the Carer Recruitment team, you will hold the responsibilty of ensuring thorough organisation and delivery of carer assessments, carer transfers and building service capacity.
Competitive Benefits;
- 35-hour week
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements (work from home during school holidays)
- Additional Leave over the Christmas period
- Additional Leave accrual-based service
- Leave Loading
- Employee incentive programs
- Monthly wellness days (KPI Driven)
- Extensive Aboriginal cultural connections and training
- Support to obtain further qualifications
- Lead a team of five staff members, providing supervision and support in their roles.
- Conduct comprehensive carer assessments to identify suitable Foster and Kinship carers, producing evidence-based and analytical reports.
- Manage the approval or decline process for all carer applicants.
- Oversee and facilitate carer reviews, ensuring compliance with established procedures.
- Provide training, supervision, and mentoring to the Recruitment team to ensure high-quality performance.
- Ensure compliance with internal and external databases and regulatory requirements, including risk management and evaluation of potential carers.
- Develop and implement recruitment strategies to meet targeted KPIs for Carer Recruitment and transfers.
- Coordinate responses to placement requests and oversee information sessions and community events for Carer Recruitment.
- Participate in stakeholder consultations and contribute to the development of child-safe policies and procedures.
- Maintain cooperative relationships with government and non-government sectors, representing the organization as needed and preparing reports for presentation at carer approval meetings.
The requirements for this role include;
- Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification under the Anti-Discrimination Act.
- Qualifications in Community Services or relevant field.
- Step by Step and Shared Lives qualifications.
- High-level written and oral communication skills and demonstrated report writing ability.
- Ability to participate on paid on-call duties
- Current WWCC, Police Check and NSW Driver's License
- Proof of at least two Covid-19 vaccinations.
Why partner with abrs to secure your next role?
Our values aren’t just things we believe in. They’re our entire foundation.
They’re the very reason we exist, and the reason we’ve returned every single cent of profit we’ve earned to charity.
Abrs is Australia’s only charity owned not for profit recruitment agency with 100% of our net revenue returned to fund programs that assist children, youth and families.
When you engage with abrs to secure your next career move you are participating in an ethical recruitment process that funds programs in the charity space.
Choosing abrs means you are helping us to help some of the most disadvantaged in our communities.
To apply hit APPLY NOW as we will be shortlisting for this position soon.For a confidential discussion OR to find out more about the role please call Ally Fava on 0482 182 ***.
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