Residential Coordinator (Full Time)
Job No:
S142
Location:
TRACC Gympie
* Looking for a challenging coordination role within a foster care program to utilize your experience in child protection, compassion and motivate to help others? * Want to work for a organisation that prides itself on the high level and variety of services provided to the community?
About Us
Spiritus is an Anglican not-for-profit organisation providing caring and supportive services in partnership with government and other support organisations, to respond to identified needs in our community.
Our staff connect with people on every step of their lives' paths, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the infirm and those most at risk in our communities.
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Spiritus are working to respond to growing community demand for our services.
Spiritus is committed to social and community welfare issues and aged and community care needs, particularly with respect to disadvantaged members of the community.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for frail elderly people, wound care for homeless, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Spiritus is there, providing the best quality care available.
The work of Spiritus stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches people of all ages with a variety of needs.
You are invited to reflect on our Vision, Mission and Value statements on our web site!
About the Role
The primary purpose of this position is to co-ordinate the residential care program for TRACC Gympie, providing accommodation and care for young people who have experienced harm. The program will reflect negotiated priority needs of the Department of Communities Child Safety Services and will operate within funding allocation limits.
As the Residential Coordinator you are accountable to the Manager of TRACC Gympie for the following key areas:
- Program development;
- Oversight of care of children residing in the Gympie Home;
- Therapeutic involvement with young people leading to their reunification with their families or transition into long term foster care placement;
- Staff leadership and management;
- Reporting and financial management of the residential
- Promotion of the program.
We require the successful applicant to have:
- A degree in Social Work, Social/Behavioural Science/Psychology;
- Demonstrated management and leadership skills;
- Demonstrated knowledge of child development and behaviour management and experience working with children, young people and families who have experienced harm;
- Experience in the professional supervision of staff particularly in relation to the development of therapeutic plans and the implementation of strategies managing aggressive and violent behaviour;
- Experience in and / knowledge of the provision of residential care as it relates to the child protection system;
- Well developed communication and negotiation skills;
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and
- A current unrestricted Qld driver's licence.
To be successful you are required to hold and maintain a current Blue Card or be eligible to receive one prior to commencing. In some cases you may be able to commence work pending a Blue Card application. You will also be required to undertake Criminal, Traffic, Domestic Violence and Child Protection History Checks.
In return you will work within a small, friendly and supportive team; and have access to generous salary packaging and professional development opportunities.
For futher information please contact Kim Moir on (07) 5480 4700.
Applications close Friday 19 March 2010