Work Type: Various
Salary: $124,888 - $136,747
Grade: CPP 5.2
Occupation: Community services
Location: Hume - Mitchell
Reference: VG/DFFH/GA/TM2025A
Team Manager, Child Protection - Multiple Opportunites - Seymour
If you're passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people, a career in child protection is for you. As an essential worker, you'll have an opportunity to make real changes in communities, keeping children and young people safe and families strong.
The Goulburn Child Protection Branch prides itself on its commitment to making children safe, supporting stronger families, and protecting future generations. The dynamic and professional practitioners located within our Seymour office service a diverse client base.
The role
Being a part of the child protection team means making a real change to the lives of others, keeping families safe and strong. The work of the Team Manager is complex, challenging, and rewarding. Team Managers need to have specialist child welfare knowledge and the ability to engage, and support other practitioners in engaging with children, young people and their families.
The Team Manager will support practitioners to work in a statutory environment where they must exercise legal delegations and functions pursuant to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic). The statutory nature of the work requires working with families and children in the family home or other locations and the transportation and the supervision on contact.
The location
Situated on the Goulburn River and at the base of the Tallarook Ranges, Seymour is surrounded by scenic countryside. This regional town offers a relaxed country lifestyle while only being a 90 minutes' drive from Melbourne. With ease of access to Melbourne and other regional towns, Seymour is the perfect destination for tree change!
Why work for child protection
In this vital role you will be making a difference to communities across Victoria. Along with an annual salary of $124,888 to $136,747 and 12% superannuation you will receive:
Read more about the benefits of joining child protection.
To work in child protection, you will need:
Are you ready to join us?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career apply online and provide the following documents in word format or PDF only:
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Victoria | Jobs (www.dffh.vic.gov.au/jobs)
Please apply to submit your interest in this position.