About the Position

Anglicare’s Children & Families have a long history of providing support to families and children. Our Logan service includes family intervention, foster and kinship care and intensive foster care programs, supporting hundreds of clients across both Brisbane and Logan regions.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Service Manager to lead our team in Logan. You will be responsible for providing leadership and support to the service, ensuring client centred culture development, quality care governance as well as looking after human resource management, governance, and financial management.

This is the perfect role for someone who wants to lead, manage, and make a real difference in the community with a challenging but rewarding role.

What We Offer

We want to support you to be the best you can be, to best help our clients & staff and also so you can be happy in your career.

• The chance to engage, lead and mentor a diverse team of passionate people
• The capacity to increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging options
• Ongoing training, development, and career opportunities.
• Employee benefits program, including retail discounts
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Paid Pandemic leave available
• The opportunity to make meaningful change through your work
• Salary Packaging, package up to $15,900 per year tax free!
• In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)

Anglicare is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ communities, people with disabilities and people with a lived experience of mental health issues. We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing ongoing care and protection.

About You

Alongside a passion for leading, mentoring and helping others we are seeking a professional with:

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a client centred Service that results in exceptional quality outcomes for clients, families and significant others
• Demonstrated ability to implement effective management tools supporting service delivery and improvements (e.g. budgeting, controls, processes, policies and systems)
• Demonstrated experience managing the financial performance and sustainability of a community, human services or healthcare service
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build effective and collaborative relationships with community partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience in managing and mitigating risk
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities including influencing positive change management
• Business development skills demonstrating an ability to proactively grow a Service in line with an organisational strategic plan

To help us continue to provide high quality, client-centred care we require the following Credentials and qualifications:

• Current Blue Card
• Current Licensed Care Service (LCS)
• Current Queensland Driver Licence
• Undergraduate degree in human services or related field.
• Post-graduate qualification in one of the above areas or working towards (desired).
• Qualifications and demonstrated experience in business management (desired).
• Relevant operational and management experience within the community and human services

Show Your Interest

If you are ready to take the next big step in your career, apply now!

Send us through your resume and cover letter making sure you tell us about your values and how they support Anglicare's vision, mission and ideals.

For further information please contact:

Stacey Gwillim
[email protected] using the subject line: Service Manager for Foster Care - Logan enquiry via EthicalJobs

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.