About Peninsula Health

Peninsula Health provides public healthcare services to residents of the Mornington Peninsula.

Our hospitals and emergency departments are located at Frankston and Rosebud, and we provide a wide range of community health, dental, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care ad aged care services from campuses at Frankston, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud.

Person centred care is at the heart of everything we do, guided by our values of Services, Integrity, Compassion, Respect and Excellence.

For more information on Peninsula health please feel welcome to visit our website http://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/.

Position Summary

The Team Leader of the Men’s Intake Service at the Safety and Support Hub is a valued member of the Family Violence Program and works within the state-funded Integrated Response to Family Violence along with other funded agencies in a collaborative and integrated way.

The Team Leader responds to the identified need to enhance the safety of women and children in our community by working with men who perpetrate family violence. This position will be based within the Men’s team at the Bayside Peninsula Safety and Support Hub, based in Frankston.

Key Responsibilities

This position assesses and triages referrals delivering active and timely referral responses in accordance with No to Violence Guidelines. This role specifically:

• Provides leadership and day to day management of the Intake Workers working with men at the Safety and Support Hub.
• Oversees change management initiatives and integrated approaches to develop the team within the Hub in line with the State-wide Concept for Support and Safety Hubs.
• Provides timely expert advice and develops open and effective communication strategies including collection of complex and sensitive information on matters of staff or clients.
• Contributes to strategic planning for the Hub.
• Provides effective leadership and oversight of the Hub team
• Provides sound judgement and authoritative advice on risks, priorities and practice matters
• Builds and develops knowledge and skill of staff to ensure that clients receive service which reflects up to date, evidence-based professional practice.

Essential Criteria

Please refer to the attached position description for an outline of the selection criteria

Benefits

• Generous Salary Packaging - maximise an employee’s net salary by directing some of their pre-tax salary to pay for certain benefit items, such as rent, personal loan or mortgage
• Parking – On-site, low cost parking facilities at all sites
• Beautiful Mornington Peninsula location
• Career development opportunities
• Supportive team environment

Other Information

• Ensuring the health and safety of our patients, visitors and staff is at the heart of everything we do. As part of this commitment, all new members of our team must complete a National Criminal History Records Check, meet the immunisation requirements of their role and demonstrate evidence of current work rights to work in Australia prior to commencement. You may also be required to provide a Working With Children Check card. To find out more about our quality employment standards and to prepare your application to join our team please click here.
• Peninsula Health is committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• Peninsula Health believes in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce where each person’s uniqueness is valued. Peninsula Health believes that by embracing the diverse life experiences and perspectives of our people, we will provide high-quality health care to all members of our community – regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, disability, religion or sexual orientation.
• Peninsula Health ensures the safety and wellbeing of Victorians living with a disability and will conduct an additional pre-employment check prior to making an offer of employment to a potential employee. This safeguard strengthens existing pre-employment screening processes to better protect people with disability who access disability services.

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