Service Specialist

**S**ervice Specialist - Child and Family Services**:

- **Permanent Full Time Opportunity - Newcastle Location**:

- **Join an Industry Leader**

An exciting opportunity to join the Nationwide Child and Family Service Excellence team which has been designed to create service delivery outcomes for young persons in our care. The team focuses on supporting, guiding and facilitating teams on areas such as service compliance, team-based support and local community/family engagement.

**_ Own It_** - How we get the job done**

Our Child & Family Service Specialist ensures quality supports to children, young people and their families to meet what’s important to them, promote their safety, well-being and hear their voice while ensuring service delivery is within legislative, contractual and funding parameters.

Our Child & Family Service Specialist empowers customer service delivery teams to support children, young people and their families to achieve what’s important to them through quality care, planning and safety on their journey to permanency.

The key objectives of the role include:

- Enable and support Customer Service Delivery teams to create positive customer outcomes and satisfaction through a focus on planning, goal achievement and outcomes
- Monitor and ensure service compliance at all time
- Manage individual contracts and funding agreements
- Establish and maintain relevant systems, processes and tools which enable Customer Service Delivery teams to effectively engage with customers
- Contribute and facilitate specific service improvement plans relating to Child and Family services

Please click on the following link to review the full Role Statement.

**_ Make It Matter_** - What you will bring to make a difference in other's lives**

As a Service Specialist Child and Family Services, you will have the following skills and experience:

- Extensive experience in relationship development and management as well as customer service
- Proven ability to work in incident response and crisis coordination, including accurate reporting and effective decision making
- Proven ability to effectively identify business insights, trend analysis and reporting
- Expert facilitation and communication skills (written and verbal, including presenting to groups)
- Sound knowledge and experience in business systems: RiskMan, Carelink and SolvSafety (desirable)
- Demonstrated ability to perform business related activities such as negotiation, support coordination planning and experience in developing staff
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to effectively deliver balanced outcomes across customer, financial and workforce perspectives
- Experience in Therapeutic based care models
- Knowledge of customer review panel processes (desirable)
- Current driver's licence and willingness to travel interstate
- Relevant probity clearance and willingness to undertake state required pre-employment checks

**_Keep Calm & Be Happy_** - How you will interact with people and other benefits**

Joining Lifestyle Solutions makes you feel like you are making a difference in people's lives. Our team is here because they care, and because of this, we have an enriching and rewarding culture within our teams. Other benefits include:

- Competitive remuneration package including company vehicle or motor vehicle allowance
- Opportunity to salary sacrifice
- Self Managed Teams

**_Respect_** - Who we are and why we do it**

We're people who care. Lifestyle Solutions provides services to people with a disability, young people and children in Out of Home Care, their families and communities. Our customers receive services designed to meet their everyday needs and support them to achieve their goals. Our national workforce is committed to providing service that is reliable, responsive, flexible, friendly, empathetic and caring. We believe everyone is equal. We stand for everyone in society having equal opportunity and equal respect. We do this by providing our customers access to quality services and dedicated people who make a real difference in their lives. We believe this is everyone's fundamental right. You can learn more about us here.

**_ Join Us_** - Next steps**
- As part of our process selected applicants will be required to undergo employment screening and probity checks prior to commencing, including a National Police Check Clearance._