Program Manager- Permanent Full time - Milton

• Flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary 11.5 super
• Monthly rostered day off
• Work for one of Australias largest social purpose organisations
• Tool of Trade vehicle

About theOrganisation

Every day Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people as we work collaboratively with families carers and communities to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Program Manager to join our Brisbane team in a management position. The Program Manager oversees and manages the daytoday operations of our Residential and Supported Independent Living programs within Out of Home Care.

This position would suit someone who is passionate about leading and developing a team that is providing a safe and nurturing environment to children and young people in Out of Home Care using a trauma informed approach. Familiarity with the CARE framework would be beneficial.

This position is being offered as a Fulltime Permanent opportunity. The working hours are 8:30 am 5:00 pm Monday to Friday with a monthly RDO.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop lead motivate and manage a team of House Managers Youth Work Coordinator and Youth Workers.
• Overseeing the caseloads of direct reports and providing practical support as required
• Manage the Residential and SILS programs compliant with legislation standards contractual requirements and internal policy
• Ensure delivery of program services in accordance with program budget local business plans and in line with client needs and plans
• Develop lead motivate and manage a multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure a consistent standard of quality is delivered for program in accordance with regulations prescribed in relevant legislation and funding agency standards.
• Manage risks and issues arising in the course of service management

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience working with individuals families and communities from a strengthbased culturally appropriate perspective that are part of the out of home care sector.
• Demonstrated experience in working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes.
• A demonstrated commitment to the care and protection of clients.
• Demonstrated understanding of impact of trauma and attachment on children and young people and complex behaviours.
• Demonstrated experience in team leadership and management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage services and programs within a budget.

Essential Criteria

• Recognised Human Services or other relevant qualification.
• Significant experience in the child protection and out of home care sector.
• Strong coordination leadership and peer support skills.
• Highly developed critical thinking and reflective practice skills
• High level communication influencing liaison negotiation and mediation skills.
• Current Drivers Licence.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant mobile phone and laptop nonforprofit tax reduction options.
• Onsite shared parking options.
• Supportive team environment.
• Salary packaging tax benefits meal entertainment benefit novated leasing and more.
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
• Monthly RDO.

Additional Support

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated AfterHours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to afterhours events that cannot wait until the next business day relieving our frontline staff from oncall duties and significantly improving their worklife balance.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments contact . Please note that we do not accept applications to this email.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without application closing date is Saturday 22^nd March.