Practice Lead

2 days ago


Kent Town, Australia SYC Full time

**SYC**has a relentless belief in people and their potential. We provide services that foster wellbeing, independence, and opportunity for all Australians.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we invest back into the Australian community, helping tens of thousands of people every year with housing, education, and employment. Founded in 1958 to support young people experiencing disadvantage, we now extend this expertise to people of all ages.

We have multiple opportunities for highly motivated, outcome focused Practice Lead to provide practice supervision to employees, facilitating reflective practice, exploration of ethical issues, skill development and employee wellbeing in the Homelessness and Housing and Justice Programs.

In this role, you'll promote and enhance practice development across programs and teams.

Day to day activities will include:

- Working collaboratively with the Manager, taking a lead role in professional practice development across your assigned program area(s).
- Collaborating with the teams to share ideas, insights, and best practices with each and with other practice areas across SYC.
- Providing practice guidance, training, and mentorship to staff, fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment conducive to professional growth and development.
- Modelling professional, ethical, and respectful practice through the provision of practice supervision, advice, and support to employees regarding ethical and effective ways to address the social, developmental, therapeutic and wellbeing needs of clients.
- Working proactively to support the effective implementation of the Practice Governance Framework in your program area(s)
- Monitoring and staying up to date on latest trends, developments, and opportunities in your practice area/s, as well as the broader community services sector.

**About You**

As a natural and experienced leader, you will play a pivotal role in contributing to the development of and supporting the implementation of best practices in alignment with the Practice Governance Framework, industry standards, client expectations, and organisational goals. You will have exceptional time management and organisational skills and be able to plan and coordinate resources to meet program delivery and client needs to achieve set targets within deadlines.

**To be considered for this role, you will demonstrate**:

- Previous Experience in community services, ideally within housing or homelessness, justice, or youth services.
- The ability to guide, motivate and develop others using a values-based coaching and advisory approach driven by high standards.
- Strong engagement skills and the ability to interact effectively and sensitively with employees and teams to ensure delivery of high-quality services and supports.
- Experience building relationships and collaborating successfully with a variety of key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes with clients.

**For this role, you will need to**:

- Be willing to complete a Working with Children Check and National Police Check
- Have possession of acurrent valid Driver’s License, willingness to drive, andyour own registered vehicle with a 4-5-star ANCAP safety rating.
- Be eligible to work in Australia.

**Why join Team SYC?**
- Increase your pay with Salary Packaging options.
- Enjoy an additional day off to celebrate your Birthday*
- Access an additional one week of paid leave each year, through SYC loyalty leave*
- Stay healthy with discounted Corporate Private Health Cover
- Access our free and confidential Employee Assistance Program
- Access to special discounts on memberships and fitness activities through Goodlife, Fitness First and Zap Health Clubs.
- Enjoy special benefits with Beaurepaires
- Qualifying periods and terms apply.

**About us**

SYCexists so everyone can succeed.

‍We invest back into the community, helping tens of thousands of people every year to create a life without disadvantage, to build sustainable independence and to experience wellbeing in all areas of their lives.

A non-profit human services organisation, SYC was founded in 1958 to support young people experiencing disadvantage in Adelaide. We now operate nationally, supporting more than 57,000 people annually with housing, education, employment, justice, health and disability services.

We are proud to work with people who are passionate and professional, who encourage and value diversity, who are courageous, creative and, most importantly, believe in people’s potential. Our vision of wellbeing, independence and opportunity for everyone encompasses the people we work with, as well as the people who work for SYC.

**If you are ready to take on this rewarding challenge, we would love to hear from you**

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant.

SYC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud of our diverse workforce. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive


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