Strong Start South Supervisor

**Department of Human Services**
**Job reference**: 646065
**Location**: 5168 - NOARLUNGA CENTRE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Role Highlights**
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Provide a range of services to promote wellbeing of young people
- Access excellent learning and development opportunities

**About the** **Business**

Our Safer Family Services team delivers a range of services, including intensive family support and multi-agency responses, to help children stay safely at home with their families and avoid the need for out-of-home care. They also help families with parenting support, workshops and connection to community events and initiatives to improve child safety and wellbeing.

**Role Details**

Strong Start provides advice, information and support to first-time mothers who are experiencing challenges in their lives that can impact on their child’s development. Field workers will visit first-time pregnant mothers in their home and support new families to address problems like stable housing, mental health, drug or alcohol issues and will assist first-time mothers to attend their appointments during pregnancy.

The program aims to work with families to increase their ability to ‘be available’ for their infant by:

- supporting parents to manage their own health issues
- providing developmental opportunities for the infant, including access to childcare
- developing the relationship between the parent and their infant
- increasing the support network for the family in their local community.

The Supervisor, Strong Start liaises with and collaborates with senior managers, staff and external stakeholders and develops strong links with key partners to ensure comprehensive and quality program outcomes for vulnerable parents, and provides leadership, training, support and mentoring to staff as required. The Supervisor will build strong networks with key service providers and will consult with relevant staff across DHS, SA Health, Department for Child Protection (DCP), and Child and Family Health Service (CaFHS). The Supervisor is responsible for the provision of operational, professional and clinical leadership to staff to ensure the delivery of family support services for families where significant indicators of family and infant vulnerability have been identified and provide specialised advice to the senior management on operational, professional issues and systemic processes. The Supervisor will ensure that services provided to families are culturally appropriate and safe and will employ strategies to empower families and build on strengths and resilience.

**Special** **Conditions**
- National Police Check required.
- Employment-related Screening Check required.
- Some interstate and intrastate travel may be required.
- Must hold a current Australian issued driver’s licence (equivalent to minimum class C).

**Role Status**: Term up to 08/08/2025

**Salary Range**: $104,180 - $111,746 (AHP3)

**Location**: Noarlunga Centre

**Diversity and Inclusion**

DHS is committed to making our services and workplaces safe and inclusive for all people and ensuring the full diversity of the communities we serve are represented in our workforce, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and/or neurodivergence, young people, older people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQA+ and gender diverse people.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working, including part time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We also celebrate the many strengths and skills people with disability and/or neurodivergent people bring to our workplace and acknowledge our role in ensuring a supportive work environment for people with disability and/or neurodivergent people to thrive in.

**Applications close**: 20/01/2025 11:30 PM