Senior Practice Lead. Permanent Full Time - South Australia

• Ensure children and young people feel supported and heard with the underpinned support of our CARE practice framework.
• Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Competitive base salary + 11% super
• Monthly rostered day off 

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Practice Lead to join our national Centre for Practice Excellence (CPE) team. As a crucial part of the SA Leadership team, you will collaborate with corporate, state, and local teams to instil a culture of evidence-based practice, ultimately improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.

As a Senior Practice Lead, you will play a pivotal role in implementing organisational practice initiatives, providing professional learning, and offering practice support strategies to SA CYF Teams. Your focus will be on supporting the deliver high-quality evidence-based services that positively impact the lives of children, families, and young people.

About you

You will lead, coach, and motivate teams to optimise their performance across our; Foster Care, Mentoring, Residential Care and Preservation and Reunification programs, while fostering a culture of stronger client voice and participation in service delivery. Additionally, you will provide expert advice on legislation and standards, mentor regional teams, contribute to business development opportunities, and ensure compliance with LWB policies and procedures.

Your role will also involve providing leadership in Clinical Supervision and facilitating Group Supervision for Therapeutic Specialists, enhancing the overall practice and program excellence within our organisation.

If you are a leader passionate about transforming lives through evidence-based practices, we invite you to apply and be a driving force for positive change in our community!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and motivate teams to enable them to perform to the best of their ability, with a cross program focus.
• Lead and model a culture and practice stronger client voice and participation in all Family, Children and Young People service delivery and programs.
• Provide advice and practical assistance to Client Services managers and team members on the application and implementation of legislation and standards.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and advice to regional teams and individuals on practice and program issues.
• Provide training, on-the-job coaching and mentoring to staff, to assist with skills development.
• Assist and contribute to development of new business opportunities including funding submissions.
• Provide input into the development of new programs and practice initiatives and translate these into practice.
• Assist in establishing, monitoring and revising quality assurance processes, including the collection of fidelity data and implementation data and the establishment of monitoring systems.
• Report risks, poor practice and non-compliance with LWB policy and procedure and legislation.
• Support the Practice Assurance team to prepare for and participate in accreditation and licensing processes or play a key role in service development improvement plans.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Psychology or Social Work or related field and eligibility for registration with either the AASW or PBA.
• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role in Human Services.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical supervision of either Social Workers or Psychologists.
• Demonstrated experience in practice leadership and / or developing and implementing practice improvement strategies to improve service delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing processes and systems to improve services.
• Demonstrated experiencing in providing advice, support, coaching, mentoring, and training to managers and staff.
• Working knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory environment for areas of business responsibility.
• Excellent written communication skills for the creation of reports, correspondence and other material.
• Demonstrated commitment to the care and protection of service users.
• Demonstrated skills in the development and implementation of monitoring and compliance systems.
• Previous experience working in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and a willingness to work and train in culturally appropriate approaches.
• Current Drivers Licence.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + 11% super.
• A mobile phone and laptop.
• A rostered day off per month.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Salary packaging tax benefits, Meal & Entertainment benefit, novated leasing.
• Travel club membership, discounted health insurance & discounted vehicle servicing to mention a few.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Recruitment at zina.campbell@lwb.org.au.  

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight 19th February 2024. 

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)

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.