Team Leader – Family Based Care
Core
Provide operational leadership and supervision for CQID's Strong Carers, Strong Children (Family Based Care Services) program, ensuring culturally safe support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship carers and children.
Role type
Team Leader, Family Based Care Services
Builds
Safe, stable, and culturally connected family-based care arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Domain
Child protection and family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Required skills
Culturally responsive leadership, staff supervision, kinship care coordination, risk management, performance monitoring, program planning, compliance management, brokerage coordination
Preferred skills
Experience with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle, knowledge of kinship systems and cultural authority
Technologies
Blue Card requirements, assessment panels, practice manuals
Responsibilities
Coordinate service delivery, workloads, risks, and performance; Provide culturally responsive day-to-day leadership and supervision; Ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture guides all service delivery; Embed culturally safe, family-led, strengths-based, trauma-informed and child-centred practice; Allocate and monitor referrals, caseloads, and assessment progress; Oversee completion of kinship carer assessments and Household Safety Studies; Provide staff supervision and professional development; Maintain collaborative relationships with families, kin, and community partners; Monitor case records and performance data; Identify and escalate child safety and operational risks.
Seniority
Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities