Manager - Home Based Care

About the role

Brophy Family and Youth Services is seeking a Manager - Home Based Care to lead its Home Based Care team in delivering high-quality foster care, kinship care and caregiver recruitment services. The role provides operational and practice leadership, supports and develops Team Leaders, strengthens service quality and keeps work child-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe. It sits within the Home Based Care Team, reporting to the Senior Manager - Tenancy, Homelessness and Home-Based Care, with Team Leaders as direct reports.

The role is based in Warrnambool, Portland or Hamilton, as required, and is classified as a Social and Community Services employee (SCHADS Award) Level 7, with pay depending on qualifications and experience.

Key responsibilities

• Provide operational and practice leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering foster care, kinship care and caregiver recruitment
• Support and develop Team Leaders, and supervise and manage the team
• Ensure safe, stable, child-centred and culturally safe care arrangements through service coordination, caregiver support, quality improvement and stakeholder engagement
• Build partnerships across Brophy and the wider community, and champion the voices and rights of children and young people
• Lead continuous improvement and align practice with legislation, policy, clinical governance and evidence-informed approaches

Required profile

• A relevant tertiary qualification suited to the role, with extensive relevant experience and a high level of professional or specialist expertise; or an equivalent combination of qualifications, skills, experience and competence
• Demonstrated knowledge of Home Based Care, Foster Care, Kinship Care and/or Child Protection services, including trauma-informed, child-centred, culturally safe and evidence-informed practice
• Experience leading and managing teams in child, youth and family services, including practice leadership, supervision, performance management and workforce development
• Sound understanding of issues facing disadvantaged children, young people and families, especially those involved with the Child Protection system

What we offer

• Salary above award, minimum $124,950.05
• Salary sacrifice options of up to $15,899 per FBT year
• Portable long service leave and 11 wellbeing days in addition to annual leave
• An additional public holiday day at Easter
• Learning and development opportunities and a confidential Employee Assistance Program