Program Manager - Ballarat, Australia - Berry Street

Berry Street

Verified Company

Ballarat, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Mt Helen location, Wadawurrung Country:

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Full time, Permanent role:

Base salary $120k + 11% superannuation + up to $15,800 salary packaging

Your Opportunity

Berry Street's Western Family Violence Service (WFVS) is the lead provider of integrated family violence services in the Central Highlands sub-region.

Berry Street have an amazing opportunity for an experienced and passionate Program Manager to join our Western Leadership team in managing the Intake and Response program within The Orange Door - Ballarat.

The Orange Door operates as a single area-based entry point for vulnerable families and children, including those experiencing and using family violence.

TODs provide risk assessment, safety planning, intervention, immediate response and access to longer supports.

As Program Manager - Specialist Family Violence Intake & Response, you will provide supervision, support and advocacy to up to 10 Berry Street's Specialist Family Violence staff in The Orange Door including a team of Practice Leaders, Team Leaders and Practitioners.

Your Skills and Experience

As the Program's new Manager, you will have experience with and enjoy supervising and working with multidisciplinary practitioners, including supporting and promoting professional development and wellbeing of staff.

You will be a strong leader who promotes a culture of client centered service delivery, with an excellent understanding of contemporary family violence interventions and the role of intersectional feminism in the gendered nature of family violence.

You will also demonstrate the ability to build partnerships, influence and integrate current knowledge, research, and government policy initiatives to strategically develop and support delivery of innovative and quality outcomes for adult and child victim-survivors and people who use violence.

A minimum Bachelor level qualification is necessary for success in this role, and a minimum of 3 years leadership experience within a family violence focused service.

Berry Street

Join our team We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing over 40,000 diverse programs to young people, children and families across Victoria each year.

We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people

We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day

Extra benefits

Above award salaries & allowances
A culture that values and support professional development

- $15,800.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation

Flexible work arrangements
10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions
Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
Leave loading 17.5%
Extra carers leave
Ongoing training opportunities

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by
midnight on the 14th of December 2023.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children.

We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+.

We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.