Team Leader

Description:

• Exciting full time, ongoing position in our Youth Care program based in Mackay QLD
• Join a nationally recognised and growing provider of Child Safety and Mental Health Service
• SCHADS 5B $49.28p/h+ Super+ salary packaging benefits + 17.5%leave loading

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

About this program:

Wellways, within the North Queensland, Mackay region, offers our young people in care the opportunity to obtain skills for life, independence and become engaged members of the community whilst in a supportive environment. We achieve these goals together by supporting and working with our youth, their families, and the community to help them imagine and achieve better lives.

About this role:

The Team Leader in our Youth Care program acts as a role model and mentor for trauma-informed care and provides direct management and supervision of a dedicated team of Youth Workers. In addition to these leadership and supervisory responsibilities, the Youth Care program Team Leader provides case management and coordination for a small caseload of young people ensuring all services delivered are in accordance with their care plan and within budget.

About you:

You will be motivated with a genuine interest in working with young people in need. You will have highly developed trauma informed skills with experience in program delivery utilising effective systems and processes.

Your ability to support and manage the work of a multidisciplinary team, along with excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative working style is essential in this role.

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What you need:

• Minimum Certificate 4 in a recognised area or must be actively working towards a qualification
• Driver's License
• Police clearance - less than 12 months old
• Blue Card (Current - no card no start policy applies)
• NDIS Workers Screening Check/Yellow Card (Current - no card no start policy applies)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
• Completed Hope and Healing Framework Foundation Training - this will be supplied by Wellways if needed
• First Aid certificate- less than 12 months old

Desirable:

• Experience working with youth/trauma/complex needs
• Demonstrated Team Leadership skills
• Excellent administration skills
• Mental Health experience

About Us
Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

What we offer

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact: Naomi Galletly | ngalletly@wellways.org

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.

If you’d like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here Reconciliation | Wellways

We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

This is your opportunity to join a values based, growing, innovative and nationally recognised organisation with over 2,000 staff members across 93 sites.

Please select "Apply" below to complete your application.