Quality & Therapeutic Practice Manager

**Introduction**:
ABOUT US

Strive Community Care is a social purpose organisation that actively supports the vulnerable children and families within our community through quality, person-centred services in the OOHC and NDIS sectors.

We believe that everyone deserves equal opportunities in life, especially those people who have experienced disadvantage and trauma. Healing and growing is a process that is possible with the right support.

**For more information, please visit our website**:
**Description**:
Strive Community Care provides therapeutic home environments for children and young people with histories of complex trauma, abuse, and neglect.

Strive Community Care utilises a strong Therapeutic Framework and unique CREATE Model of Care with a focus on establishing holistic safety. Children and young people are provided with a sense of family, support to heal, opportunity to positively connect with others, and rebuild their lives.

We are now looking for a Quality & Therapeutic Practice Manager to play a key role in supporting managers and care teams to deliver quality care in therapeutic homes and tailored mentoring programs. The position has two direct line reports - Quality & Compliance Officer and OOHC Trainer.

This is a full-time role working out of our Seventeen Mile Rocks office with tools of the trade (mobile phone and laptop) provided as part of the employment package.

**Duties of the successful applicant include**:

- Oversight of quality and compliance audits of Out of Home Care therapeutic programs to ensure best practice and Standards of Care/OOHC licensing requirements are met.
- Supporting Strive’s Out of Home Care programs to adopt trauma-informed therapeutic practice approaches through the provision of training, facilitation of group supervision, and provision of secondary consultation.
- Ensuring the ongoing embedding of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) practices within services and systems within the organisation.
- Development of Positive Behaviour Support Plans with appropriate, best practice strategies to support children and young persons in care.
- Providing therapeutic leadership and trauma-informed advice to support program development and design based on sound practice expertise and contemporary research to deliver positive outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
- Overseeing the ongoing implementation of Strive’s CREATE Therapeutic Model of Care through training, consultation, and the development of practice advice.
- Sector engagement and collaboration in the area of trauma-informed therapeutic Out of Home Care.

**Skills and Experiences**:
ABOUT YOU

The successful applicant/s will require the following Qualifications and Experience:

- An appropriate tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or a related discipline (Bachelor degree preferred although those with extensive experience will also be considered).
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a therapeutic care setting or working in a clinical environment with children and young people in Out of Home Care.
- Ideally qualified and experienced in delivering Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training.
- Experience in developing Positive Behaviour Support Plans and mentoring professionals in relation to best practice in residential OOHC.
- Current HLTAID003 Provide First Aid Certificate or equivalent is essential.
- Valid unrestricted Australian drivers licence
- Must hold a Positive Notice Blue Card (WWCC) and Yellow Card

**BENEFITS**:
Aside from an attractive salary, Strive offers a robust training induction program, monthly external supervision, has a focus on supporting the wellbeing of staff, and provides ongoing professional development opportunities.

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Strive Community Care is a Child Safe organisation and will require the successful applicant to complete pre-employment checks including a Criminal History Check and a Positive Notice Blue Card.

Strive Community Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud of our diverse workforce. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with disabilities to apply.