WUNGENING ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

Healing Mind, Body & Spirit

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Our organisation is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ngalla Bidee Mia (NBM) is Wungening’s Out of Home Care program, delivering family-led, trauma-informed, and culturally safe services to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, young people, and families.

Aboriginal Children and Young People are significantly overrepresented in the Out of Home Care system. Through NBM, we are committed to a family restoration model that works in partnership with families, carers, and communities to nurture Moorditj Djerripin Koorlungas (Strong, Happy Children).

The NBM Community Foster Care Manager is responsible for leading the delivery and strategic oversight of Community Foster Care Team by managing the recruitment and support of the community foster carers and the case management of the children and young people in community foster care. The role works closely with the NBM Manager Group Foster Care Services to maintain operational excellence, Safeguarding controls, and driving continuous improvement across the service.

Responsibilities Overview:

Manage the operations of Foster Care Services ensuring consistent delivery of a therapeutic, culturally safe, and child-centred care.

Support the operations of all Ngalla Bidee Mia services as part of the management team.

Manage Foster Care Services to ensure therapeutic, culturally safe, and child-centred care.

Lead foster care assessment, recruitment, engagement, placement stability, and support strategies.

Provide supervision, coaching, and responsive support to foster carers, ensuring wellbeing and placement stability and wellbeing, including managing standard of care concerns.

Liaise with key stakeholders to enhance foster carer recruitment, retention, and support.

Recruit, manage, and supervise the NBM Foster Care Team.

Oversee case management processes, including assessments and care planning.

Provide training and development opportunities to foster carers support foster carers to manage care placements from a therapeutic, trauma informed, and culturally safe perspective.

Ensure foster carer records, assessments, and documentation meet quality and compliance standards.

Ensure all practices align with Wungening’s values, policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Participate in the organisations ‘On-call’ processes as part of a rotating roster.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Commitment to empowering Aboriginal children and young people and their right to participate in discussions and decisions relating to their care.

Significant experience in delivering foster care services, child protection, or therapeutic residential out of home care services.

Demonstrated experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams, service operations, and staff performance.

Experience working with trauma-informed, restorative, or therapeutic care models.

Proven ability to manage compliance, policy implementation, risk, and quality assurance in a complex service environment.

Strong skills in incident management, crisis response, reporting, and safeguarding.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate across diverse stakeholders.

Leadership capacity to influence, advocate, and build positive organisational culture.

High-level problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making abilities.

Sound computer skills, experience working with MS Office programs and data management systems

Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, or a related field (or significant equivalent experience).

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

WA Working with Children Card

National Police Clearance (dated within the last 3 months)

Department of Communities Screening (we'll help successful candidates apply)

WA Drivers License

WORKING WITH WUNGENING – JOB BENEFITS AT A GLANCE

In addition to fulfilling a passion for social justice and community healing, you will enjoy the many benefits of our generous Enterprise Bargaining Award Agreement, including:

4 wellness days per year

NAIDOC Day leave

3-day additional leave Christmas shutdown leave

4-week top-up maternity leave

Excellent Salary Packaging options available

Long Service after 6 years

Mentoring and training opportunities

Access to Sonder 24/7 wellbeing services

Clear pathways for advancement

Join us in creating a healthy, safe, strong and sustainable Aboriginal community.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR APPLICANTS

Applications must include a covering letter addressing the essential criteria and a concise CV clearly outlining your qualifications and experience.

Applications close Thursday 29 May 2025

All enquiries should be directed to human resources on 08 9221 1411

Being suitable for a position does not guarantee an offer of employment.

We reserve the right to close applications and appoint prior to the nominated closing date.