Child Youth and Family Team Leader

5 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Foundation House Full time

About the role

Your impact

As Child Youth and Family Team Leader in our South East region based in Dandenong, you will lead a team of skilled and committed Counsellor Advocates (CAs) to provide safe, person-centred, effective and connected services. This role needs to provide responsive and supportive leadership to their team to enable them to deliver assessment, counselling and advocacy using a diverse range of developmentally appropriate psychosocial therapeutic interventions which are accessible, trauma informed, culturally safe and appropriate to the needs of refugee background survivors of torture and trauma, and their families. You will assume responsibility for providing line management and overall direction to CAs in their work with clients, aligned with the Foundation House Trauma Recovery Framework and _Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Integrated Trauma Recovery for People of Refugee Background _(2nd edition). You will also undertake some work with directly with children, young people and their families, with responsibility for a small caseload and/or taking on some complex clients and working co-jointly with CAs.

You will work with the regional leadership team to support service delivery and staff across the region, identifying gaps in the service systems relevant to the needs of our clients, building excellent stakeholder relationships in consultation with the Regional Manager, and influencing to improve the responsiveness of those service systems. Your work will also draw from your understanding of the refugee communities we serve, and inform the broader advocacy Foundation House does in the areas of government policies and programs.

For further details on our Counsellor Advocate model, please see our website Counsellor Advocate model

About You

We are looking for a Team Leader who is committed to advancing human rights and taking up a leadership role supporting trauma recovery for refugee background children and young people. You will be highly skilled and experienced in undertaking counselling and therapeutic interventions with children and young people, with demonstrated ability to lead, support and develop a team. You will be compassionate, thoughtful, professional, accountable, committed to continuous learning and demonstrate integrity in all you do.

You will embrace providing services to clients from many cultural and religious backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities. You will demonstrate flexibility in providing support to our clients and their families.

We have an ongoing 0.8 - 1 EFT position available.

What you’ll need

To be successful, you will need to positively respond to the below selection criteria:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, counselling, or other related discipline with postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise and support a diverse team of practitioners.
- Advanced skills in undertaking psychosocial assessment, formulation, planning and care coordination for children and young people, including risk assessments with a family lens, and experience supervising and supporting other staff in these areas.
- Advanced understanding of child development and relevant theories for working with children, young people and their families.
- Advanced understanding of the impacts of complex trauma, with advanced skills in trauma informed practice and providing trauma-focussed counselling interventions with children and young people using a range of evidence-based modalities.
- Excellent understanding of how to negotiate and advocate with multiple service systems in Victoria to support the needs of refugee and asylum seeker children, young people, and families.
- Demonstrated ability to provide culturally safe and appropriate services.
- Ability to write and review professional psychosocial reports for a variety of key stakeholders including legal and government bodies.

In return

You’ll be rewarded with:

- An attractive remuneration package of $120,338 plus superannuation.
- Salary packaging benefits of up to $18,550 and novated car leasing options.
- A role with true purpose to make a difference in people’s lives.
- A welcoming, highly diverse and supportive team environment.
- Excellent training and professional development.
- Generous leave provisions with option to purchase additional leave.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.

Foundation House is an inclusive employer.

Foundation House is an equal opportunity employer; we foster a work environment that is inclusive and diverse. We are values driven and are committed to improving the life outcomes of refugees and asylum seekers.

Foundation House is a state-wide agency offering services throughout Victoria. We currently have approximately 250 staff across our five offices in Brunswick, Dallas, Dandenong, Ringwood and Sunshine, and we also provide services in partnership with other agencie

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