
Team Leader, Carer Gateway
The Benevolent Society
Posted 3 days ago
Full-time, 12-month contract role based on Bidjigal Country in Hurstville
$54.31ph - $59.86ph + Super + Salary Packaging
Flexible Friendly organisation, with hybrid work options available!
Our Organisation
The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.
As part of The Benevolent Society's vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About the role
Caring for a loved one is important work. Some days caring brings great joy, but some days it can be lonely or a little overwhelming. No matter how you feel today, our Carer Gateway will be just a phone call away. Carer Gateway is provides carers with information, support, counselling, and coaching.
You will inspire your team provide high quality counselling and coaching to carers accessing support through the Carer Gateway Program. You will ensure your team have what they need to do their best work; they understand the expectations particularly service quality and have the skills, capacity and capability they need to meet these expectations. Helping your team to recognise the impact of their work, you will celebrate the wins, embrace the opportunities for improvement and build upon their potential.
Duties
Co-Lead a team to ensure the provision of quality services that maximise client outcomes while meeting funding, organisational, service, and compliance objectives.
Support team members in understanding and applying the organisation's vision, values, and direction in their everyday practice to achieve performance expectations and improve client outcomes.
Collaborate with the Leadership team to ensure team operations are commercially effective and sustainable, identifying opportunities for process improvement and more effective working methods.
Identify and facilitate learning opportunities, support compliance with internal and external standards, and contribute to the implementation of new operating models and service improvements.
Our Benefits
We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:
Salary Benefits -You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay!
Motor Vehicle Packaging Options – to suit your lifestyle.
Work/Life Balance - Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee.
Recognition and Reward - Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.
Wellness - Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
Professional Development - We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.
Our Reconciliation Commitment – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are entitled up to 2 days paid plus up to 10 days unpaid cultural leave, as well as the option to be a voice on reference networking groups, the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways and your social and emotional wellbeing.
Skills and Experience
Significant experience in practice leadership and/or qualifications in management may help you to succeed.
Previous experience in Counselling, including Group Work and Clinical supervision are preferred.
Demonstrated experience working with, and/or knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks relating to the service.
You have great leadership skills which include the ability to troubleshoot, manage multiple deadlines, manage staff and client conflict resolution.
An excellent communicator with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
Open and adaptable to build trust and share accountability in a co-leadership role.
You demonstrate a strong passion for supporting your team in meeting expectations and enhancing their capabilities. You do this by consistently providing constructive, actionable recognition and feedback, which leads to improved client outcomes, greater employee engagement, and ongoing development.
If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace.
Interested? Apply online today!
Email Nikki Allwood on [email protected] or call on 0481 106 064 for more details about the role.
The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where individuals from all backgrounds and identities are not only welcomed but valued. We pride ourselves on being a client safe and child safe organisation, which is why all staff and volunteers undergo comprehensive employment screening. We value relationships with local Aboriginal community and welcome applications from its members. To ensure you are best supported with your application if you have any specific needs requiring a reasonable adjustment, let us know what accommodations you require.
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About The Benevolent Society
We believe in a society where everyone can live their best life
We’re Australia’s first charity. We’re a not-for-profit and non-religious organisation and we’ve helped people, families and communities achieve positive change since 1813.
Since our earliest days, we’ve been driven by a vision of a society where everyone can live their best life. This means being courageous to advocate for fundamental changes and pioneering new solutions to social problems.
We provide a range of services to support clients and their communities with 2 primary focus areas:
To increase the safety of children in their families and communities in order to reduce the number of children in Out of Home Care (Child & Family)
To encourage health ageing and support clients experience the life they never thought was possible (Ageing & Disability)
In order to deliver outstanding services to clients, we rely on our extraordinary people. Our values driven, performance based culture, empowers our people to do their best work together.
Source: This is an extract from the company’s own website.
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