Team Leader - Practice & Integrated Support
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MacKillop Family Services
Hybrid- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: AUD 58.37 AUD-AUD 60.95 AUD / budget
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 06/11/2026
- Location: Australia
At McAuley, we support women and children who have experienced family violence and homelessness to reclaim control of their lives. Through a holistic range of services - including accommodation, legal, health, recreation, and social support - we empower women to rebuild their futures with increased safety, stability, economic capability, and overall wellbeing.
Join Our Team and Make a Real Difference – Team leader Practice & Integrated Support
As a Team Leader at McAuley, you'll inspire and support a multidisciplinary team delivering life-changing services to women and children experiencing homelessness, trauma and other complex challenges.
We are recruiting a full-time leadership position based in Footscray with ability to travel across McAuley sites.
If you're an experienced people leader who is passionate about empowering women and supporting high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a leader, you'll guide complex practice, champion safety and recovery, and foster trauma-informed, culturally safe support that helps women and children thrive.
- Practice Leadership - Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team to deliver trauma-informed, person-centred support.
- Complex Client Support - Provide specialist guidance for complex needs, risk management, safety planning and recovery-focused outcomes.
- Team Development - Build capability, confidence and wellbeing through coaching, supervision and reflective practice.
- Quality Improvement - Drive service excellence through outcome monitoring, client feedback and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partnerships & Collaboration - Strengthen partnerships and coordinated responses across housing, mental health and community services.
- Strategic Contribution - Contribute to service innovation, program development and sector leadership to enhance client outcomes.
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:
Please note, we are only considering female identifying candidates for this position. McAuley Community Services for Women has an exemption to gender equality requirements.
We value the unique knowledge, perspectives, and cultural contributions of First Nations peoples. Your experience and insights are important to us, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Relevant qualification in Community Services or a related field.
- Experience leading, coaching or supervising teams within family violence, homelessness, mental health or community services.
- Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments, safety planning and coordinated support planning.
- Understanding of MARAM, family violence legislation and Victorian service systems.
- Understanding of Aboriginal cultures, values and the challenges experienced by Aboriginal children and families.
- Willingness to travel across McAuley service locations, including Western Melbourne and Ballarat
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