Lead a Team. Strengthen Families. Change Lives.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team delivering intensive family preservation and reunification services that support children to remain safely with their families wherever possible.

OzChild is seeking a passionate, highly skilled and experienced Team Leader to join our Restoring Families Program.

As a Team Leader, you will provide practice leadership, people leadership and operational oversight, ensuring high-quality, evidence-informed services that keep children safe and support families to thrive.

About the Role

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will:

• Lead, coach and support a team of skilled practitioners delivering family preservation and reunification services.
• Provide reflective supervision, practice guidance and performance support.
• Ensure service delivery aligns with OzChild's National Practice Framework, Safe & Together, MARAM and strengths-based approaches.
• Support high-quality assessments, interventions, safety planning and case management practices.
• Monitor service outcomes, documentation, compliance and reporting requirements.
• Build strong relationships with Child Protection, DFFH, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and community partners.
• Foster a positive, accountable and psychologically safe team culture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen outcomes for children and families.

This role requires flexibility, with service delivery occurring between 8:00am and 8:00pm to meet the needs of children and families.

About You

To be successful, you will have:

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Services or a related discipline.
• Significant experience working with vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including supervision, coaching and staff development.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment, safety planning and collaborative case practice.
• Experience implementing evidence-informed and child-focused practice frameworks.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to cultural safety, reflective practice and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications in leadership, family therapy or a related field.

What's on Offer?

• SCHADS Award Level 7.1 $119,093.52 plus super
• Permanent Full-Time Position
• Salary packaging $ 15,900 plus 2650 meals & entertainment
• Ex Gratia Days Easter & Christmas
• Professional development and leadership growth opportunities.
• Reflective supervision and ongoing practice support.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives and EAP access.
• A supportive and values-driven organisational culture.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families every day.

Screening Requirements

Successful applicants will be required to hold or obtain:

• Working with Children Check
• National and International Police Check
• Current Driver's Licence
• Access to reliable transport

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

For a confidential discussion, please contact: Elizabeth Abdilla Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist on 0499 655 939 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader - Restoring Families - Yarraville enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Position Description available upon request.

OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply.

OzChild is committed to providing a recruitment process which embeds the values of equity, diversity, and inclusivity, and commit to making reasonable adjustments where necessary to ensure all individuals have equal opportunity to fully participate in the process. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage individuals of diverse gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural and religious backgrounds to apply.

OzChild is committed to the employment of Aboriginal people and providing a work environment in which Aboriginal peoples' cultures, beliefs and values are acknowledged and respected, and in which the individual career goals and personal aims of Aboriginal staff are identified, promoted and achieved.

OzChild is a child-safe organisation committed to protecting children and young people from all forms of abuse, bullying, exploitation and neglect, and to creating environments in all our programs and services where children are safe and feel safe.