House Coordinator Keys

Join a leading provider trusted to deliver exceptional services in Residential Care
- Full time fixed term contract until April 2026
- SCHADS Level 6 position based in Reservoir

**Why Choose Anglicare Victoria?**

As a sector leader in children, youth, and family services, we're not just setting the bar; we're redefining it. Join a senior leadership team that thrives on making a difference through innovation, service delivery, and excellence.

You will join an award-winning organisation that has led major changes to the system including the acclaimed Home Stretch Reform, the Compass Social Impact Bond, and scaled new approaches for families at risk. We hope you will be a part of our continued journey towards improvement, innovation, and reform across the sector for our clients.

**The Program**

Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) is a multidisciplinary residential service program working with young people ages 12-17yrs old, to transition out of residential care and into long term stable accommodations.

**Your role**:
A position in residential care can be as varied as the team you’ll support and the young people in our care, but in the end it’s all about leading a team to deliver the best possible therapeutic and restorative care to young people.

**Positions objectives**:

- Providing and ensuring that appropriate therapeutic interventions and responses are employed to work with all children and young people in residential care to promote stability, growth and pro-social development.
- Overseeing all case management tasks and requirements ensuring planning for each young person will support post care transition into independent or semi-independent living.
- The development and maintenance of a safe, secure and planned environment where the developmental needs of children and young people are effectively met as per program guidelines.
- Provide leadership, support and supervision to residential care staff and play a lead role in the creation of a culture that promotes healing from the range of traumatic experiences of the young people.
- Coordinate therapeutic team meetings, liaise with internal and external stakeholders and ensure an ongoing culture of collaboration, resilience and therapeutic care

**Who are we looking for**:

- A high level knowledge of adolescent and child development and the theories relating to Trauma and Attachment as the aftermath of abuse and neglect.
- Highly developed skills in managing the challenging and confronting behaviours that arise from this; in a calm and consistent manner and modelling this to staff.
- Strong understanding of therapeutic support and crisis intervention.
- The ability to provide strong leadership, direction and coaching to residential care staff.
- The ability to oversee all facets and requirements of the residential program as it relates to community, agency and government expectations and requirements.
- Experience in and/or understanding of the child protection system.

**What makes this such a great role for you**:
This is a great opportunity to join one of Victoria’s leading organisations that has led major change to the system through its services and impact and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey in working and servicing the needs of vulnerable children youth and families.

As a House Coordinator at AV you’ll receive:

- Access to Salary Packaging of up to $15,900.
- Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts.
- Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Well Worth It Program, My Fitness Passport and our EAP.
- Supervision and ongoing support available from a Senior Team Leader.

**Ready to take the next step**:
Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.
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