Team Leader – VAP Community Education and Service Improvement

• 0.8 EFT, ongoing
• Based in Footscray

Scope as an Employer:

The successful candidate will enjoy a range of staff benefits, including flexibility to suit your work-life balance, eligible for Not for Profit ‘Salary Sacrificing’ benefits ($15,000+), access to professional support and development opportunities, plus the chance to lead a passionate and dedicated team.

Our Program:

cohealth’s Victims Assistance Program (VAP) offers specialist responses to victims of violent crime including intake and brief intervention, case management, (brokered) counselling services, and community education. Practice is evidence based, trauma-informed and client-focussed. VAP staff work across multiple locations and police colocations in Melbourne’s west: Sunshine, Melton and Werribee.

Our Community Education and Service Improvement Team Leader is responsible for:

• Providing day to day support, debriefing and secondary consultation to case managers at one or more nominated VAP sites
• Managing overarching arrangements for VAP brokered services with a particular focus on purchased counselling services
• Leading the design, implementation and review of VAP community education initiatives
• Contributing positively to the leadership and culture of the VAP program as a whole
• Contributing to VAP planning and developmental work including, from time to time, leading developmental projects
• Representing VAP in local forums and contributing to partnership efforts
• Building pathways and collegiate relationships between VAP and other cohealth services and professional practice groups
• Site management as required

We’re seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Team Leader with:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a service delivery area relevant to VAP or one or more of its functions (i.e. Intake, counselling, therapeutic work, legal, case management), eligibility for registration with the appropriate professional body
• Experience in leading a team who work with clients who have complex needs or who have experienced trauma and/or are victims of crime OR demonstrated leadership attributes in this area
• Demonstrated functional leadership experience
• Experience in systems design, analysis, project development and evaluation with a view to service improvement
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Track record in effective partnership management using collaborative approaches
• Demonstrated experience in evidence based practice delivery and continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Current drivers licence

We’re committed to high performance, engaging team culture and investing in our people enables a rewarding career with cohealth. If you have what we are looking for, do not delay – APPLY NOW.