Manager - Child and Youth Assessment & Therapeutic Services
- Lead operations of a multidisciplinary child and youth assessment and therapeutic service supporting children with suspected neurodevelopmental vulnerability.
- Manage and develop the team, including supervision, workload prioritisation, budgets and stakeholder reporting.
- Build collaborative, culturally responsive, child-focused and family-centred support informed by trauma and child development.
Admin & HR - Alice Springs
Join an award-winning team delivering an innovative, community-led program with the Northern Territory's largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
- Base Salary: $146,815 - $153,874 (p.a.)
- Total Effective Package: $177,326 - $185,304 (p.a.) *
- Full Time, Continuous Position
About the role
The Manager of the Child and Youth Assessment and Therapeutic Service (CYATS) is one of three Managers leading the operations of a dynamic, one of kind multidisciplinary service service in Central Australia. The service responds to the demands of providing children and young people with suspected neurodevelopmental vulnerability, access to diagnostic assessment, therapeutic intervention, management, and supported access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) through a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
To be considered for this position, you will need to meet the following essential requirements:
- Tertiary qualification in a health, education or social sciences field with eligibility of relevant Australian Association Membership or extensive experience in a relevant area of work demonstrating quality leadership and management, with a willingness to undertake further training in management if required.
- Demonstrated experience in management and supervising a multidisciplinary team including the ability to build and lead a professional work unit and effectively prioritise and delegate tasks.
- Relevant management experience in managing a team, budgets and preparing reports for key stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in managing a team that provide support to vulnerable children and families that is child focussed, family-centred and trauma-informed.
- Knowledge of child development including neurodevelopmental disorders including FASD, ASD and global developmental delays.
- Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain collaborative working partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to Aboriginal culture, and history and knowledge of factors influencing the health and lives of Aboriginal children and families in Central Australia.
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress not only offers rewarding career options, but a wide range of employee benefits including;
- Work that is community-led, impact-focused and a part of a bigger picture.
- Competitive salaries.
- Opportunities to grow, including 15 days of professional development per year, with pathways including master's programs and study placements.
- Six weeks annual leave & 15 days paid personal leave per year.
- Flexible conditions such as flexible start and finish times, compressed work weeks, part-time and casual roles, job sharing and the possibility to purchase additional paid leave.
- Generous salary packaging for full-time, part-time and casual employees.
- Access to the Congress health services for you and your immediate family at no cost.
- Relocation assistance (where applicable).
- District allowance
For more information on the position please contact:
Tahlia Lee, Senior Manager Child and Youth Assessment & Therapeutic Services, on
M: 0492 430 731 | E: tahlia.lee@caac.org.au
*Total effective package includes: base salary, district allowance, superannuation, leave loading, and estimated tax saving from salary packaging options.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and value their diverse perspectives, experiences and contributions.
Being a culturally responsive organisation, Aboriginal applicants that meet all essential criteria will be given priority consideration
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