The Department for Child Protection is seeking a Supervisor to join our team at the St Marys office on a full-time term basis.

The role is responsible for:

• Facilitating the use of clinical interventions and practice methods, appropriate for kinship carers.
• Ensuring responsive and culturally appropriate services that enhance outcomes for kinship carers and the children under their supervision.
• Developing positive working relationships between kinship carers and a broad range of key stakeholders.
• Overseeing performance areas in kinship care, including carer reviews and agreements, working with children checks and care concern management.
• Coordinating support, resources, and solutions to assist kinship carers in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children, young people, and their families.

To be successful, you will have:

• Proficiency in leading a culturally competent practice including the provision of training and mentorship.
• Experience at identifying current and/or potential team conflicts and implementing strategies to guide and support team members.
• Forging and maintaining strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Expertise in team supervision, prioritising workloads and effectively resolving conflicts to meet deadlines and deliver desired outcomes.
• Experience leading staff to achieve quality results by providing appropriate orientation, access to relevant legislation, supervision, staff development and appraisal.

If you are looking for a role where you can use your knowledge to lead a dedicated team to help support children, young people and their families, then we encourage you to apply.

Essential Qualifications:

AHP: A degree level qualification in Social Work which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Persons of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who have the appropriate background and skills but do not have the essential qualification, may apply for and be engaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will be entitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional roles requiring a qualification in Social Work within the Department for Child Protection (DCP).

To find out more about this role, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please click on the attached role description.

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The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

Kinship Care is a type of family-based care provided to children (under the Guardianship or Custody of the Chief Executive or other order of authority). Kinship carers may be a relative, extended family member, Kin or a person who had an existing relationship with the child or young person.

Kinship carers in South Australia are supported by the DCP Kinship Care Program and by the Aboriginal Kinship Care Support Program operated by Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs). These programs provide support, information and training to identified kinship carers.

The DCP Kinship Care Program

• Provides a state-wide program offering targeted support, information and training to kinship carers based on their needs.
• Includes support to Aboriginal carers and carers of Aboriginal children and young people who wish to be supported by the DCP Kinship Care Program.

The DCP Kinship Care Program is delivered through eight teams aligned to North and South locations.