The Department for Child Protection is seeking
Supervisors for our Residential Care unit to join an employment pool across various Adelaide metropolitan locations.
The role is responsible for:
- Ensuring that all staff provide a safe, secure and nurturing environment for children and young people within Residential Care that ensures their physical, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing.
- Leading, guiding and managing performance of a 24 hour workforce by providing expert guidance to staff to ensure high quality care to children and young people.
- Facilitating the development, delivery and maintenance of programs which assist the care and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Managing facilities and assets maintenance in consultation with Directorate Support.
About You
We are looking for confident individuals with experience in providing effective management and supervision of staff and providing practical advice on a wide range of residential care practices.
Our ideal candidate will be capable of applying crisis intervention theories and strategies including diffusion, negotiation and mediation.
To be successful you will have strong knowledge of child and adolescent development, issues facing children and young people who require care and protection and knowledge of the legislative framework.
If you are keen to use your experience to mentor and develop the skills of staff, then this may be the role for you.