Team Manager (Counselling) - Toowoomba

About the role

Mercy Community are searching for a dynamicTeam Manager to guide our fantastic Counselling team inToowoomba. This is Permanent Fulltime opportunity working with a team with a variety of skills and experience and working alongside a compassionate and enthusiastic Senior Program Manager.

Provide effective leadership management and support in the development and implementation of highquality service delivery to children families and other stakeholders in the counselling programs.

$106388 per annum (SCHADS level 6) plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available

This role involves but is not limited to

• Oversee the development of goaloriented intervention and support plans
• Collaborate to identify client needs and deliver highquality services within available resources continuously evaluating effectiveness and adapting to changing needs and dynamics
• Ensure that program operate in alignment with Mercy Communitys policies procedures and organisational values as well as service agreements accreditation requirements and other relevant protocols with close consultation with Senior Management supervisor
• Build and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders including the Department of Communities Child Safety and Disability Services to uphold program reputation
• Facilitate ongoing feedback from clients and stakeholders to ensure continuous service improvement

About you

As the successful applicant you will possess:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work Behavioural Sciences Psychology or related discipline
• Strong understanding of counselling interventions for children and young people especially those who have experienced child abuse and neglect
• Proven ability to manager inspire and mentor staff fostering a highperformance team culture
• Current and valid Queensland Provisional Green or above Drivers License
• Current and valid Paid Blue Card (Queensland Working with Children Check) or ability to apply
• Evidence of current vaccination against whooping cough (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement)

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic notforprofit that provides a wide range of services supporting families young people and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion Integrity Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team means you have access to some fantastic benefits such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging up to $18550 per annum of your salary is available as a taxfree component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

Please note we will review applications as they are received and we may interview and appoint prior to closing date do not delay in applying.

For any queries please contact.We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.