Team Leader, Mcauley House Footscray

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mackillop Family Services Full time

**Role purpose**

The Team Leader, McAuley House Footscray (MHF) leads a team of Residential Support Workers and Case Managers in the provision of accommodation and holistic homelessness support and case management, to women who are homeless and/or at risk of homelessness.

**This is a **_Permanent Full-Time (38 hours per week - 1.0 EFT)_** opportunity based in Footscray within our Community Services program. The position reports to the Manager, Homelessness Services.**

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Experience leading a team to work with women facing a range of systematic complex challenges in accessing holistic support in relation to their experiences of homelessness, family violence, health and mental health, drug and alcohol use, trauma, and marginalisation.
- Understanding of and alignment to McAuley's values and the frameworks of feminism, intersectionality, and anti-oppression as both practice and organisational culture foundations.**Role Objectives**

The Team Leader, MHF will support staff to:

- Upon intake, undertake person-centered assessments, identifying immediate safety and support needs of clients.
- Work collaboratively with clients to develop appropriate goal orientated support plans, that are strength based, solution focused, empowering and achievable.
- Provide motivation for clients in reaching their goals and improving their well-being and self-efficacy.
- Assist clients to navigate the housing system to secure longer term housing options.
- Provide trauma informed community mental health and recovery support and interventions.
- Provide family violence support including risk assessments and support, using the MARAM framework. Where necessary work collaboratively or consult with McAuley's specialist Family Violence team.

**For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.**

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Our offer:_**
- _ Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay_
- _ Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training _
- _Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges_
- _ Click _HERE _to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees._

**You must have a**:

- Valid and current Driver's Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

**Our Commitment**:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person's ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

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