Careers

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Great Remuneration Package & Tool of Trade Vehicle
• Access to Salary Packaging options that increase your take home pay

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

 Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Practitioner to join our leadership team in Brisbane. The Program Manager coordinates and manages the day-to-day operations of our Family Based Care Service.

This position would suit someone who is passionate about leading and developing a team that is providing support and guidance to Foster and Kinship Carers and children and young people involved in the Child Protection System.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, motivate and manage a team of Child & Family Practitioners.
• Oversee the caseloads of direct reports and provide practical support as required.
• Manage the Family Based Care program, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, contractual requirements, and internal policy.
• Ensure delivery of program services in accordance with program budget, local business plans and in line with client needs and plans.
• Develop, lead, motivate and manage a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure a consistent standard of quality is delivered for program in accordance with regulations prescribed in relevant legislation and funding agency standards.
• Manage risks and issues arising in the course of service management.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience working within the Child Protection system, and with Foster and Kinship Carers.
• Demonstrated experience in team leadership and management.
• Demonstrated experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes.
• A strong focus on quality practice and reporting capability, as well as an ability to promote and implement organisational practice initiatives, such as Therapeutic
• A demonstrated commitment to the care and protection of clients.
• Demonstrated understanding of impact of trauma and attachment on children and young people and complex behaviours.
• Demonstrated ability to manage services and programs within a budget.

Essential Criteria

• Recognised degree qualifications in Human Services or similar.
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes and quality standards.
• Demonstrated experience working in a dynamic, high volume work environment.
• Strong coordination, leadership, and peer support skills.
• Highly developed critical thinking and reflective practice skills.
• High level communication, influencing, liaison, negotiation, and mediation skills.
• Current Drivers Licence.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including mobile phone, and laptop + non-for-profit tax reduction options.
• Supportive team environment.
• TOT vehicle
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
• Monthly RDO.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact John at recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading “Program Manager - FBC”. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address, they must be submitted online.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

 Current application closing date is midnight on Sunday 25^th May.