We’re seeking a Manager – Home Based Care who can lead with empathy, courage and expertise, supporting teams and carers to achieve life-changing outcomes for children and young people.
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities
- Above Award Salary – Minimum $124,950.05
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing
- 11 Wellbeing Days to support worker wellbeing, in addition to Annual Leave
- Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter (Tuesday)
As our Manager – Home Based Care, you’ll lead our Home Based Care team in delivering high-quality foster care, kinship care and caregiver recruitment services, working alongside children, young people, families and carers to support safe, stable and nurturing care arrangements.
This is an opportunity to bring together your leadership, practice expertise and passion for making a difference. You’ll provide operational and practice leadership, support and develop Team Leaders, strengthen service quality and ensure our work remains child-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe.
You’ll also build strong partnerships across Brophy and the broader community, champion the voices and rights of children and young people, and lead continuous improvement that makes a meaningful difference to the way we work and the outcomes we achieve.
We’re looking for someone who can balance the big picture with the realities of day-to-day service delivery, someone who brings sound judgement, builds capable and connected teams, and is comfortable navigating complexity while keeping children and young people at the heart of every decision.
At Brophy, we don’t just focus on challenges or circumstances; we look for strengths, possibilities and opportunities. If you’re ready to lead with purpose, empower others and help create the conditions for children, young people and carers to thrive, we’d love to hear from you.
- A sound understanding of issues confronting disadvantaged children, young people and their families, particularly clients involved with the Child Protection system and Home Based Care programs.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Home Based Care, Foster Care, Kinship Care and/or Child Protection services, including a strong understanding of trauma-informed, child-centred, culturally safe and evidence-informed practice, and the ability to support complex case management and placement stability outcomes
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing teams within child, youth and family services, including the ability to provide practice leadership, supervision, performance management and workforce development while fostering a positive, accountable and psychologically safe team culture
- A relevant tertiary qualification appropriate to the requirements of the role, together with extensive relevant experience and a high level of professional or specialist expertise; or an equivalent combination of qualifications, considerable skills, extensive experience and competence sufficient to perform the requirements of the position.
About Brophy:
Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 170 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.
Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:
Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.
Please contact Leah McDonald, Senior Manager – Tenancy, Homelessness and Home-Based Care on 5561 8888
Applications now OPEN
We’re excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive. To give yourself the best opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process