About Us and Our Team Culture

At The Centre for Women & Co. and Men & Co. Services, we work to support individuals, children and families towards physical and emotional safety through Domestic & Family Violence support and counselling. We work from an evidence-based, trauma-informed and reflective practice framework.

·We trust our team members and encourage autonomy.

·Our leadership team are grounded and supportive, and we don’t micro-manage.

·We are big on investing in professional development and career progression.

·We know that working in the DFV and Wellbeing sector is hard work, and we take care of our team.

The Role

The Child and Youth (CY) Team Leader will support team members to achieve and respond to daily practice and process demands, including but not limited to support with reporting, debriefing, purchasing of resources, client follow-up and/or decision making. This role will be responsible for supporting staff sitting across sites in both Redlands and Logan catchments.

The CY Team Leader will maintain a reduced case load as well as support the Director to achieve organisational objectives and performance benchmarks and sustain a culture where excellence, continuous improvement, training, skills development and innovation are priorities.

They will also support the Director and Leadership team to actively promote and drive change using influence and negotiation skills to achieve strategic outcomes to ensure service delivery and funding evidenced based best practice are maintained within client services.

As an effective and empowering leader, the Team Leader will assist the Director to ensure the goals, aspirations and contractual obligations of the team are met and that the service accessibility is maximised for those most at risk.

Key Responsibilities

·Provide leadership support and participate in the development of a safe and supportive working environment for all direct team members, in particular when the Director is not on site or is unavailable.

·Provide regular internal supervision to the child and youth counselling team members including clear communication paths and consultative decision-making practices in line with policy.

·Participate in regular, ongoing consultation with team to discuss issues that may impact performance, including team meetings, team appraisals and informal contact.

·Hold a small case load and deliver evidence-based counselling interventions to children and young people 5-17 years (max 2 sessions per day) or deliver evidence-based counselling if client work is required for accreditation.

·Oversee and coordinate timely allocation of cases, ongoing case work and case closures when safe and appropriate.

·Liaise with the Intake Team Leader to ensure CFW responds, maintains and monitors all referrals of clients internally and from agencies or members being referred into Counselling services across Redlands and Logan regions.

Salary and Benefits

·SCHADS Level 7.1 ($56.13 p/h) | Full-Time (38 Hours Per Week) |

·Permanent with recurrent funding

·A supportive induction process and in-house training about the meaningful work we do to support our clients through DFV and improve their wellbeing.

·Salary Packaging up to $15,900 (superannuation can be paid in addition to this, subject to any ATO limit if any).

·A supportive and warm team culture and working environment where we help one another out, learn from one another and have a lot of fun and laughs

Experience and Qualifications

This role requires qualifications in social work, psychology, counselling or human services (alongside relevant experience) received from a recognised university. This role would also benefit from a postgraduate qualification in counselling, social work, child and youth qualifications or management. It is essential the applicant has demonstrated experience and/or sound knowledge or the ability to acquire evidenced based counselling practices and interventions. The applicant must also have demonstrated experience or knowledge of Domestic and Family Violence, and its effect on women, children and the wider community and demonstrated understanding of and experience working within current legislation (Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012). It is preferred the applicant has a current membership of professional association – e.g., AASW, PACFA. Also, a demonstrated experience and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and ability to critically reflect on practice, processes and the interplay of self and other team members.

How to Apply - We Want to Meet You!

We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and welcome applications including a cover letter and resume through the “apply now” button. Applications will be accepted until the 22nd of September 2025. Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis as applications are received.

Potential Start Dates

This role is available to start on:

22nd September

7th October

We have set start dates for new team members so that they can undertake our supportive induction process with our Practice and Development Lead. This process allows new team members to have set time to learn more about our organisation, our practice frameworks and set up all equipment and logins.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting candidates for this position. Only successful applicants will be contacted.