Hub Lead City

About the Opportunity

The Hub Lead City is a key member of the Living Learning team, their role is to supervise and lead a region of the program City region.  Living Learning has two Hub Leads, one City and one West region. The Hub Team us made up of multidisciplinary group, including a Psychologist, and Occupational Therapist, and multiple Key Workers.

The Hub Lead supports the multidisciplinary hub team to keep Living Learning students engaged with their education at Hester Hornbrook Academy (HHA) or to assist them to transition to other positive pathways and stabilising their mental health. This includes providing referral support for students to address barriers they are facing to engaging in and achieving their education. The hub team, including the Hub Lead, are often working in different MCM and HHA work sites, providing outreach support, and working in the community.

About you

We are looking for someone who can:

• Has experience engaging with young people facing barriers to education
• Is excited about working in a multi-disciplinary team to find innovative new ways of working
• Demonstrated experience providing high quality leadership, supervision, coaching, support and direction.
• Demonstrated experience managing program level budgets, facilitating team development and strategic plans,
• Strong ability to build and maintain positive relationships, including problem solving and communicating with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Benefits of working with MCM include:

• Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

Essential:

• Bachelor level qualifications in youth work, social work, mental health or other related fields.
• Experience of staff leadership, supervision and coaching in a complex service delivery environment.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering trauma-informed programs and services for young people at risk or experiencing disengagement from education.
• An extensive understanding of the youth service system with knowledge of patterns, trends and systemic issues.
• Strong ability to build and maintain positive relationships, including problem solving and communicating with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
• Provide First Aid certificate (formerly First Aid Level 2).

Screening Criteria

• National Police check
• Working with Children check 
• Valid Victorian Drivers licence
• Right to Work in Australia

Applications for this role close: 23 August 2024, so please apply early.  Please include your current resume and cover letter.
Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.  For assistance with your application please email: recruitment@mcm.org.au

About MCM

We are a leading not for profit, purpose-driven organisation that offers a broad range of services in Early Years, Disability, Homelessness and Family Services, Palliative Care and Education.  

Our commitment to Safety

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

Our Commitment to Diversity

At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity in our workforce enables us to deliver empowering services that are informed by lived experience.