House Manager (Child Youth and Family). Permanent - Forest Hill

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers offers support and care to children. We want every one of those children to feel as safe and respected as they should and, working collaboratively, we strive towards the best outcomes for their future.

These children and young people depend on the supports you can offer them; you can be part of their journey to a better future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

The House Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of the current residential services in the Forest Hill region in Melbourne. This is a hands-on role with most of your time spent on site in the home with allocated administrative days.

You will mentor a team of youth workers in providing purposeful support to young people in residential care with high and complex needs. You will strive to enhance the lives of young people in the residential setting, incorporating a therapeutic, trauma informed approach within the daily structure and purposeful programming.

There is a strong emphasis on leading your team to provide a secure base for our young people within the home, liaising with culturally appropriate services, and providing opportunities for the young people to connect with the culture in which they identify within.

This is a permanent role with working days of Monday to Friday. There would be rostered on call cover required (This is shared amongst House Managers).

We are asking that only Males apply for these positions. This is to reflect the needs of the specific client group.

 *The Employer considers that being Male is a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. 

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Life Without Barriers considers gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 - TAS.

26 Exception—genuine occupational requirements (1) An employer may limit the offering of employment to people of one sex if it is a genuine occupational requirement of the employment that the employees be people of that sex.

Key Responsibilities

• Build professional, trusting relationships with children and young people through visible interest and active engagement.
• Ensure the home is a place that is emotionally and physically safe, nurturing, and appropriately engaging and stimulating, to foster growth and resilience.
• Assist with the development and implementation of the Departmental Case Plan (where applicable) and develop and implement the LWB Case/Care plan that drives day-to-day service delivery.
• Manage, support and provide reflective supervision and team meetings to a team of residential workers, and lead staff to work as a team in the best interests of children and young people.
• Support staff to apply the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention system (TCI) to prevent, de-escalate and respond to crisis incidents involving children and young people.
• Undertake rostering of residential workers ensuring that risks are managed and staffing levels reflect the needs of children and young people living in the home.
• Coordinate the intake and transition of new children and young people into the home and the exit of children and young people to permanent homes or step-down services.
• Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date with all client information.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention or similar (essential).
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or similar (desirable).
• Experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage.
• Experience in the co-ordination and management of 24-hour residential services for vulnerable people.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage crises and critical issues and deal with complex and challenging situations.
• Current Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence.
• First Aid and CPR Certificates (or willingness to obtain if successful)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong interpersonal skills, use of Microsoft Office packages. 

All positions within Life Without Barriers will be required to undergo probity checks including criminal record checks and working with children check (where relevant to the position).

Benefits

• Permanent, Full Time Position with ongoing support and training
• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Attractive remuneration package with excellent tax benefits and monthly RDO

How to Apply

Click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Friday August 20th.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. If you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)