EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST- Support Worker Child and Family Services (Tennant Creek)
Job No:
LS1312
Location:
Tennant Creek
Location - Tennant Creek, Central Australia
Working with the Community
Our organisation specialises in Emergency Out of Home Care (OOHC) Residential Service for Children aged 0-12 years , we support the Children in this short term placement of up to 6 weeks. The services runs 24hrs /7 days a week and the Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day operations of the residential programs in the Tennant Creek region, Central Australia.
We are looking for a passionate, dedicated, resilient, and trauma informed Coordinator to support the team and guide the Children in our care. We are looking for a Coordinator who understands the importance of high quality services with excellent time management skills, which meet the needs of the Children and our responsibilities under the Child Care and Protection Act.
You will be responsible for:
- Being a strong role model/mentor to the Children, your team and the community
- Ensuring the environment remains at a high quality standard (safe and hygienic) and resources are maintained
- Support for the team - rostering, training and development, supervision
- Creating strategies to support early childhood development from a trauma informed care approach
- Ensure day to day care needs are met for the Children
- Create clear routines, structure and positive support practices and strategies
Essential requirements to be successful:
- Experience facilitating a residential service and/or demonstrating good leadership skills
- Experience managing and supporting teams in complex and challenging environments
- Practical knowledge of the Child Care and Protection Act
- Ability to work within a team and in partnership with other services in the community representing the organisation
- Practice and knowledge or experience in meeting the holistic needs of Children who have experienced significant trauma and/or a disability
- Understanding the obstacles living in a remote area, cultural awareness and community knowledge
- Most of all to have the passion and drive to help support Children to create positive outcomes in their lives
- Experience working with Children and Young People who have experienced complex trauma backgrounds
- Experience working with Children and Young People who display difficult or challenging behaviours
- Ochre Card - WWCC NT
- Police Check Clearance
Desirable:
- First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain one
Benefits
In return for your talent and commitment the position of Full time Coordinator with the opportunity to access salary sacrifice of up to $15,000 as well as enjoying a business culture that ensures our people are motivated, challenged and supported to achieve their full potential. We also provide internal and external supervision and training.
Lifestyle Solutions is a Child Safe Organisation
Please Note:
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All applicants are required to undergo employment screening through probity checks, prior to commencing.
- Lifestyle Solutions reserves the right to remove this post before the specified closing date.
- Lifestyle Solutions is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTI and other diversity groups.
- Lifestyle Solutions encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.