Job description about us
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.
Tangentyere Council deliver a range of Youth, Families & Community Safety (YFCS) services across Town Camps and Alice Springs, supporting children, young people, families, and communities through the delivery of daytime and after-hours services focused on recreation, diversion, out-of-home care, community safety and family support programs. The YFCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing.
Working closely with the YFCS Coordinators, the Youth Services Team Leader will lead and provide day to day support to Youth Services staff in a range of programs including after-school recreation and diversion programs. The Team Leader will have previous experience in the provision of creating, organising and running youth activities or overseeing other youth focused programs.
about you
The successful candidate will be flexible and adaptable, with a positive attitude, strong communication skills, and experience in working in a team. The Team Leader will have a strong work ethic, and the ability to serve as a role model for Youth Services staff and the young people.
The Team Leader will have a good understanding of trauma informed practices and have a strengths-based lens. They will work in a culturally appropriate manner and have good skills in assessing and engaging vulnerable young people. The Team Leader will work along other Youth Services Team Leaders, oversee Youth workers and Support workers, deliver program requirements and provide day to day direct support for staff.
This position involves out of hours work including hours from 11.30am to 7.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday, as well as commitment to a rotating 7-day on-call roster.
As part of your role, you will work with children, people with disabilities, and vulnerable people. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. Tangentyere Council has zero tolerance for any form of abuse and will take disciplinary action, including termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has occurred or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
* Working with other Youth Services Team Leaders to support and create vibrant, engaging youth programs and activities that support Youth Services.
* Liaising and providing referrals for young people who require case management and supporting YCS team to deliver case plans in program services.
* Support YCS staff to provide culturally appropriate, solutions based and trauma informed services and supports.
* Actively work with the Youth Services Leadership Team plan, deliver and review services to ensure they reflect and respond to the needs of young people
* Lead, support, coach and mentor Tangentyere Youth Workers to enable them to deliver quality services including contributing towards building the capacity of local Indigenous staff.
* Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Contribution to funding applications and reports and ensuring appropriate data collection and reporting requirements are met in timely fashion.
* Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
* Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
* Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
* Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
* Tertiary Qualification in Social Work, Youth Work, Education, Community Development or relevant experience.
* Experience in leading teams and providing staff supervision.
* Experience in program development, planning and implementation across multiple sites/locations.
* High level understanding of trauma informed practice.
* High level computer literacy and report writing skills.
* Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desirable
* Current First Aid Certificate.
* Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering youth/social services and programs in a cross-cultural context – preferably with Aboriginal people and communities.
* Certification in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) or willingness to obtain.
Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.
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A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.
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