Team Leader

**Salary PLUS Salary Packaging PLUS Annual Leave Loading**:

- ** Work Life Balance**:

- ** Learning and Development Opportunities**

**Are you looking for a new opportunity to lead a team and make a difference?**

**CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay is seeking a Team Leader for our Targeted Early Intervention program.**

**About the role**

This role provides clinical oversight and supervisory support to Caseworkers delivering family support to children, young people and their families. CatholicCare Child, Youth and Family services deliver early intervention Family Support across the Northern Sydney District, working with young people and families who are experiencing trauma or other parenting difficulties.

The role contributes to the overall leadership and strategic direction of the wider team.

This is a permanent full-time position with an option to be based in Waitara or Artarmon.

At times you will be required to attend all Northern Sydney family centers (Waitara, Artarmon and Brookvale). Don’t worry - CatholicCare has your kilometeres covered

**Duties**
- Triage and case allocation for the Family Support team.
- Work with families and children on a range of issues that include Domestic Violence, Mental Health and Alcohol and drug misuse in the family context and child safety.
- Provide technical and supervisory support to other targeted early intervention caseworkers within designated reporting lines.
- Work within the Targeted Early Intervention program guidelines that align to the Human Services Outcomes Framework, working effectively with clients on targeted outcomes, collecting and reporting on outcomes to ensure we are meeting the needs of the clients and communities we serve.

**Requirements**:

- Significant experience or extensive knowledge in trauma informed, strengths-based casework Interventions and Human-Rights frameworks.
- Ability to develop family-based interventions which increase child safety.
- Sound understanding of Family Systems theory and working systematically with families.
- Family problem solving and engaging and effective communication skills.
- National criminal history check.
- Current NSW Driver’s License.
- Access to an insured vehicle.

**About us**

We support families to be happy, healthy and safe.

CatholicCare provides an extensive range of integrated and holistic services to support families, children and young people who may be experiencing difficulty. We are embedded in our local communities with
capacity to provide support, advice and referrals to respond to concerns about family wellbeing, parenting, relationship skills, and early childhood development.

Our Family Centres are located in Artarmon, Brookvale, Waitara and on the Central Coast at Tuggerah.

We work with well respected partners to ensure our supports are tailored and individualised to your circumstances.

Through our family centres we provide child and family support, Counselling, Domestic and family violence support and more.

**Culture and Benefits**

We know that changing roles is a big decision, so here is what we can offer you:

- Salary packaging benefits - By choosing to salary package, you allocate a portion of your income to the payment of certain expenses before your income tax is calculated. The part of your income that you allocate to salary packaging can be used for the same everyday items you pay for today, such as your mortgage or rent, groceries and insurance, so you don't even have to change your spending habits.
- A focus on employee well-being, with regular reflective/practice supervision opportunities.
- Access to training and learning opportunities.
- An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support.
- An additional paid leave day (CatholicCare Day) to be taken at the end of the year.

**How to apply**

**No recruitment agencies please