Program Manager- Family Wellbeing and Family Intervention Services

Proudly serving the South East Qld community since 1999, Kummara provides emergency support, counselling, family support and assistance in the field of child protection, health and wellbeing to local Indigenous and non-Indigenous families in South East Qld. We work in partnership with a number of government and community organisations across South East Queensland to improve the health and well-being of our communities.

About the Service:

The Family Wellbeing Service is a holistic, flexible case management program providing support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the Brisbane South/South West region. The service walks alongside families, offering support that is responsive to their unique needs. The Family Wellbeing Service works with families across the intervention spectrum and is committed to strengthening resilience and building capacity in children, young people, parents, families and the wider community. With a focus on connection and empowerment, the service also delivers community activities and is highly engaged in targeted and innovative approaches to support community, for example HALT. An embedded youth worker provides dedicated support to young people at risk of coming into contact with the youth justice system, and/or who are at risk of becoming disengaged from their family. The youth worker provides holistic case management supports to young people that focusses on their goals. The broader family are also able to receive support from the Family Wellbeing Practitioner where this is assessed as the most suitable support response. The service is flexible and creative, meeting families where they are at to identify and support towards meeting the goals of the family.

The Tertiary Family Intervention Service works with families with active departmental interventional to build family capacity and increase safety. Referrals come directly from Child Safety (primarily Bayside Service Centre) and case management will be intensive in support towards reunification or addressing immediate worries to increase safety for families to remain together. Support is time limited to 9 months.

About the role:

The purpose of this role is to provide effective and meaningful leadership and management oversight to a team of practitioners ensuring quality service delivery that is nurturing, promotes healing, builds resilience and capacity in children, parents, families and the wider Community which allows family and community to safely care for and protect their children. This role involves:

Leadership and management of a team, including team building, staff management, supervision and annual performance reviews.

Building a vision for the service and achieving key performance indicators for the service and staff.

Service monitoring and reporting in accordance with scope of service and the organisational strategic plan.

Leading growth and development of the service to ensure ongoing improved practice and service outcomes through a process of continuous improvement and client/stakeholder surveys.

Contributing to ongoing organisational continuous improvement initiatives.

About you:

Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or Behavioural Science, or tertiary qualifications in a related field with significant experience.

Full Registration as and if required by your profession.

A minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience in similar programs.

A minimum of 2 years demonstrated experience in leading and managing teams in similar settings.

Experience in working with at-risk children, young people and families, who are subject to child protection statutory interventions.

Experience in or knowledge of early intervention and family support practices ranging from Secondary family support to Intensive Family Preservation and Intensive Family Reunification models of practice.

A well developed risk framework that enables thorough assessment and response to risk in relation to families, the team and from an organisational perspective.

Strong community development and networking skills.

Non-judgmental attitude.

Well-developed task and time management skills.

High degree of motivation, initiative and creativity.

Commitment to and leadership in Kummara's Family Partnerships Modelor demonstrated ability to embed service models and qualities in practice.

Mandatory Requirements:

Positive Notice, Working with Children Suitability (Blue Card).

Current valid Queensland drivers licence.

Why Kummara:

Kummara offers a suite of high quality evidenced based training including Family Partnerships model, Circles of Security, Parents Under Pressure

Supportive workplace environment and leadership team

Ongoing leadership professional development through workshops and training (i.e. Supervision Training)

As an employee of Kummara you will be entitled to salary packaging - an additional $15, 900 on top of your salary and super entitlements.

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

APPLICATIONS:

All applications must be submitted via seek. Please provide a current resume along with a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining your fit against the mandatory role requirements listed above.

Please note,interviews will be held as suitable applications are received.

Salary match Number of applicants Skills match

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• How many years' experience do you have as a programme manager?
• Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
• How many years of people management experience do you have?
• Do you have a current Australian driver's licence?

Family Led Safety and Support Practitioner