Team Leader

**Salary**:
**$106,390 to $111,093 + Super + Salary Packaging**

**Location**:
**Nambour**

**Documentation**:
**Employment Type**:
**Full-Time Permanent**

**Department**:
**BSC: Brisbane North & Sunshine Coast ISS Team 1**

**Closing Date**:
**17 Jul 2025**

**Join the Team That’s Changing Lives**

***Act for Kids is a prominent provider of prevention, professional therapy and support services for children who have suffered abuse and support for families at risk. With over 25 centres nationally, we have supported thousands of children and their families for more than 30 years. Our teams are at the heart of everything we do, and we are united by a single purpose to**_help keep kids safe, heal from trauma and lead happy lives and thrive._**

***Working With Us**

***Make a difference every day in a values-led organisation.**

***We’re more than just a workplace—we’re a community built on shared values**:Professional, Ethical, Caring, Courageous, and Collaborative**. We’re proud to be recognised for our commitment to inclusion and employee wellbeing**:
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- **Inclusive Employer**2023-2024 named by Diversity Council Australia.**:

- **Employer of Choice** awarded in 2019, categories including Health/Wellbeing; Leadership; + Work-Life Balance.**:

- **Supportive culture** that encourages diversity, wellbeing, and work-life balance.**

***What We Offer**

***At Act for Kids, our people are the heart of everything we do. We’re proud to offer**:
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- **Extra leave**, including wellbeing days, parental, study, exam, and pet leave.**:

- **Salary packaging** up to $15,900 tax free + an additional $2,650 for meals/entertainment.**:

- **Fitness Passport**including discounted fitness memberships to a range of facilities for you and your family.**:

- **Access to our**Employee Assistance Program** including 24/7 counselling and wellbeing portals.**:

- **Ongoing**professional development** through our annual PD fund and structured support.**:

- **Flexible work arrangements and a team that truly values what you bring.**

***About the Position**

***We are looking to welcome a**Team Leader** to drive the therapeutic planning and interventions implemented by the Individual Support Packages team. Our Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast Intensive Support Services (ISS) team supports families across a broad region, from Alderley in Brisbane through to Gympie. This role involves regular travel throughout the service area.**
***ISS practitioners work intensively with families and children in their homes and communities, providing flexible support tailored to their unique circumstances. To best meet the needs of the families we support, work may take place outside standard business hours, including evenings and weekends. We use a relational, therapeutic approach focused on building strong, safe, and secure alliances with families. This foundation helps prepare families to engage meaningfully in therapy and work toward positive, lasting change.**

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- **Full time permanent position.**:

- **Level 6 SCHCADS Award.**:

- **Salary range: $106,390 to $111,093 + Superannuation.**

***_Key Responsibilities:_**

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- **Lead the therapeutic stakeholder team of both internal and external practitioners to ensure case plan goals and interventions are aligned.**:

- **Determine the most appropriate assessments, frameworks and interventions required to meet the individual needs of each child and their family informed by evidence.**:

- **Complete and oversee discipline specific assessments, creating individualised plans and delivering therapeutic interventions to achieve successful outcomes as part of a collaborative team.**:

- **Provide guidance, education and regular debriefing to all ISS practitioners to implement therapeutic goals in the home.**

***About You**

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- **Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Allied Health, Human Services or Social Work.**:

- **Registration or eligibility for registration/membership with professional organisation.**:

- **At least 5 years' experience leading a multidisciplinary team in a similar program and environment.**:

- **Highly developed knowledge of child protection issues and the child protection sector in Queensland.**:

- **Experience and capacity to foster and maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders, partners and the community.**

***Other Requirements**

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- **Eligibility for a WWCC or professional exemption.**:

- **Current driver’s licence.**:

- **Legal ability to work in Australia (proof of eligibility required).**:

- **Willingness to travel to various locations as required.**

***How to Apply**

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- **A resume.**:

- **A cover letter addressing the key responsibilities of the role.**

***If you require any adjustments or support to participate in the recruitment process equitably, we encourage you to reach out to the contact person below. Your information will be treated confidentially.**

***Closing Date : 18 July 2025