• Permanent Full Time Opportunity
• Join a market leader in the Community Services Sector
• Growing team

Why Choose Lifestyle Solutions?

Lifestyle Solutions is a National Accredited Not For Profit Organisation which has grown to become one of the major leaders and innovators in the Community Services sector in Australia.

Our teams provide services to people with disability, young people and children in Out Of Home Care, their families and communities. Our customers receive services designed to meet their everyday needs and support them to achieve their goals.

The Opportunity

Our team in Newcastle is growing! We are seeking a passionate, dedicated, and emotionally resilient Therapeutic Support Manager to guide our Children and Young People. As the Therapeutic Support Manager, you will ensure the coordination of all service at the residential site and complete day to day case work, guaranteeing the needs of our Children and Young People are being met in consultation with relevant stakeholders.

The Therapeutic Support Manager will enable our Children and Young People to improve their quality of life, participation in the community ensuring service delivery is person centred and is based on a framework of strengths based intervention and support. This will be achieved by providing excellent support, supervision and management of the Residential Support Workers.

What you will bring to the role

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Sciences, Community Services, Psychology or similar
• Relevant Management experience of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care who are trauma informed
• Experience managing staff who regularly face crisis situations in the course of their work.
• Current drivers licence
• Working With Children Check

What we offer:

In return for your talent and commitment, you will receive a competitive remuneration package, ongoing learning and development opportunities as well as enjoy an inclusive culture that ensures our people are motivated, challenged and rewarded for achieving their full potential.

For more information about this position please Click Here to view the Position Description or contact Sara Buchanan on [email protected].

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome, actively support and promote the employment of people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTI, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and other diversity groups.

As part of our process selected applicants will be required to undergo employment screening and probity checks prior to commencing.