Team Leader Early Childhood Approach

**Full time 12-month contract position based on **Yuggera and Yugambeh** Country in Loganholme**:

- ** $107k - $118k + Super + Salary Packaging (salary dependent on qualifications and experience)**:

- ** Flexible organization + hybrid working options**

**Our Organisation**

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.

As part of The Benevolent Society's vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

**About the role**

Our Early Childhood Approach Access and Engagement Team provides a first point of contact for parents and carers of children 0-6 with developmental delay and 0-9 with disability and our stakeholders in the community. The team is responsible for connecting families with the best supports to meet their needs while promoting positive long-term outcomes for the whole community.

You will lead a transdisciplinary team of Allied Health Professionals and Early Childhood Teachers who support children aged 0-6 years experiencing developmental delays, and their families, to access the Early Childhood Approach. Your team works with families to determine the most suitable pathway under the Early Childhood Approach and provides short-term, evidence-based intervention for children who are experiencing mild - moderate developmental delays.

**Duties**
- Lead by providing clear, fair and focused leadership, professional supervision and practice support.
- Work with the leadership team to ensure services are effective, sustainable, evidence based, culturally appropriate and support children and families to live their best life in line with our obligations under the NDIA legislation.
- Work collaboratively to promote family and community relationships and demystify the NDIS process.

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘**best life’** is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:

- **Salary Benefits** -You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay
- **Motor Vehicle Packaging Options** - to suit your lifestyle.
- **Work/Life Balance** - Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee.
- ** Recognition and Reward -**Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.
- **Wellness -** Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
- ** Professional Development -**We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.
- **Our Reconciliation Commitment - **Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are entitled up to 2 days paid plus up to 10 days unpaid cultural leave, as well as the option to be a voice on **reference networking groups**, the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways and your social and emotional wellbeing.

**Skills and Experience**
- Relevant degree qualification in Early Childhood Education.
- Solid experience leading a team providing family-centered services.
- Sound knowledge of evidence-based practice in early intervention and experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to use novel strategies to engage children and families to achieve outcomes.
- People leadership experience with the ability to build and develop an engaged, high performing team.
- Strong management skills including troubleshooting, managing multiple priorities and conflict resolution.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to successfully influence and engage a range of stakeholders.
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace. _

Please submit your current CV and cover letter outlining your suitability and interest in the role.