Operations Manager

4 weeks ago


Hunter Valley, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 502230

**Employment type**: Full Time

**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter

**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family

**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**

Reporting to the Regional Director - Intensive Therapeutic Care North, you will manage a team of caseworkers, house managers, and therapeutic specialists. In this role, your days will be varied with a focus on programs, budgets, human resources, and stakeholder management. To be successful in this role you will need to be able to provide leadership to your team in the areas of focusing on client outcomes, quality, standards, social impact growth, and performance of services. Ideally, you will have prior experience working within Intensive Therapeutic Care programs.

This service is supporting young people with trauma-based behaviours in care, who also have significant disabilities. This role would also incorporate some case management. This is a permanent full-time role covering the Newcastle region and has the ability to be worked in a hybrid arrangement from the office and remotely from home.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Drive client outcomes that align with LWB values and contractual requirements
- Ensure responsible financial management of services
- Lead a therapeutic approach that provides stable and ongoing support to children and young people throughout their care journey
- Develop and support the implementation of systems and processes to drive efficiencies and embed standards
- Drive best practice service delivery in both area of responsibility and across the business
- Ensure regulatory compliance across all facets of practice and performance
- Manage the delivery of multidisciplinary client services teams and ensure the local area complies with corporate policies & processes, the Strategic Plan, business plan and the relevant statutory regulations, funding agreements and accreditation standards
- Develop and maintain local operational and administrative systems and procedures to support the effective management of programs
- Act as a senior escalation point to ensure the appropriate management and prevention of risks and issues arising in the course of service management in accordance with policies and procedures.

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**
- Tertiary level qualifications in Human Services, Community Services or related discipline
- Significant experience in the leadership and management of multi-site, multi-disciplinary programs and services for vulnerable people
- Demonstrated experience working in Out of Home Care preferably with ITC or other residential experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing services and programs within a budget

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

**Benefits**
- Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free through salary packaging
- Monthly RDO with an annual vehicle allowance and competitive salary
- Discounted private health insurance
- Access to discounts on retail outlets, cinemas, restaurants and more
- Join one of Australia’s leading social purpose organisations
- Career pathways across a national organisation
- Be part of an organisation that champions diversity, inclusivity, and equality

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Sunday 10th September 2023**
- We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face-to-face interview._

**Advertised**: 31 Aug 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 10 Sep 2023 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time



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