Prevention Team Leader – Behaviour Change – TLPRMBC001

Key Capabilities

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in a relevant human services discipline (or 5 years' experience in a similar field will be considered).
• Minimum of 3 years' full time equivalent professional experience in a relevant human services discipline.
• Advanced experience working with current legislation (Domestic and Family Violence Act 2012, Child Protection Act 1999), Common Risk Assessment Framework and DFV Information Sharing Guidelines.
• Experience line managing and supervising staff, providing direction and specialist practice advise.
• Experience leading a team delivering programs and service to meet the needs of clients.
• Experience as a Men's Behaviour Change Facilitator in accordance with the Qld Government Perpetrator Intervention Services Requirements is highly desirable otherwise knowledge of such required.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of domestic and family violence, including the principles of trauma-informed practice, application of appropriate risk assessment and response and an understanding of high-risk indicators and protective factors.
• Able to coordinate and oversee the delivery of domestic and family violence prevention work utilising contemporary practices.
• Advanced capability in complex decision-making, balancing safety, best practice, resource limitations and desired outcomes.
• Accomplished and able to adapt and tailor approaches to ensure genuine cultural capability for self and staff to meet the context and experience of First Nations peoples.
• Advanced understanding of the complex ways in which children are harmed through experiencing violence, and the tactics of control and abuse of power that they experience.
• Has a superior understanding of intersectionality and systematic inequity and challenges and advocates for system change.
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide high quality verbal information and produce accurate and timely written documents including case management plans, reports, and statistical data.
• Able to lead the establishment and regular review of policies and practices to ensure compliance with legislation and drives ongoing improvement practices and processes.
• Drives a focus on outcomes and evidence in organisational performance.
• Demonstrated ability to refer to emerging evidence to inform decision making, program design, tenders, and submissions.

Required Competencies

• Uses expertise and experience to cultivate a strong and healthy practice environment underpinned by relevant theoretical and practice models, frameworks, and knowledge.
• Able to establish higher order networks and relationships across the sector to facilitate smooth pathways and effective information sharing.
• Advanced ability to engage in critical reflection and support the development of practice accountability across the team and continuous improvement to ensure alignment with practice standards.
• Can modify practice responses to meet the context and experience of First Nations peoples to ensure genuine cultural capability for self, staff, and team.
• Personal values are strongly aligned to organisational values and strategic plan and supports others to remain connected to purpose.
• Advanced ability to manage constant demands at individual and organisational level, dealing with the unexpected whilst remaining calm and focused, with a positive, can-do, and resourceful approach and supports others to do the same.
• Emotionally intelligent and aware, with a keen sense of critical self-reflection, able to keep a sense of perspective about the stories heard and remain connected as part of a resilient approach.

Required Screening

• Current QLD C Class Driver's License which must remain current during the term of employment.
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card) which must remain current during the term of employment.
• Australia: National Police Check Clearance – at organisation expense.

Roles and Responsibilities

Line Management

• Line management and supervision of staff, including monthly supervision and annual appraisals.
• Maintain regular contact with freelance facilitators, where applicable.
• Review and approve timesheets and leave requests maintaining appropriate coverage.
• Develop and oversee an on call roster to ensure adequate coverage to meet contractual requirements as part of the Electronic Monitoring Pilot Program.
• Provide specialist practice advice and coaching to ensure fulfilment of service requirements.
• Ensure staff are fully aware of their responsibilities outlined in Policy, with particular attention to Privacy and Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest, Access & Inclusion, Code of Conduct.
• Ensure staff are aware of appropriate case noting in Client Management System or any other required system.
• Manage performance concerns through early intervention or disciplinary process where necessary in line with Policy and Procedure.