• Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities to achieve their fullest potential?
• Can you lead a dynamic team developing innovative and person centred strategies to support people with disabilities in their journey towards employment?
• This is a full-time permanent role, with an award-winning social enterprise based in Kew, Vic

About Us

We are a forward-thinking organisation committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. We create great quality products and services for our business customers. We do this so our employees can get a sense of purpose, belonging and pride that only comes from a job well done. We believe everyone deserves the same opportunities to work - but people living with a disability and those who experience social disadvantage often experience significant barriers to employment. Our focus is on breaking down those barriers by providing training and employment with expert support tailored to the needs of our Employees, whilst delivering high quality commercial goods and services to our customers.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the Manager; Employee Engagement, Wellbeing and Support you will lead the activities of a small team (3-5) of workplace training and support staff who work directly with employees with a disability (specifically supported employees) training them on day-to-day tasks, behaviours, and skills.

You will:

• Support, guide, mentor and develop your team to ensure they can provide the best possible experience and opportunities for the supported employees they work with
• Effectively manage incidents, escalations and issues as they arise
• Foster an environment of learning and the development of skills not only in employment but also in developing workplace relationships/friendships, growing confidence, determination and resilience
• Assist in the development and implementation of training, working towards maximising an employee’s potential and performance and participate as required in skills checks on all supported employees
• Work as a team to ensure employees are rostered into appropriate tasks each day and are supported in training and development
• Liaise with key stakeholders regarding support and case management services, such as parents/caregivers and care coordinators.

Key Requirements

• Relevant Formal qualifications (e.g. Community Services/Allied Health/Disability) and experience with people with disabilities and/or other barriers to employment
• Experience in effectively and positively leading/influencing a small team
• A working knowledge of the NDIS
• You are positive and solution focused with skills to support the empathetic and respectful management of conflict
• You value diversity and build inclusive environments where people experience belonging
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills – with the ability to interact and collaborate with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
• Competency in MS Applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet and various other software applications).

Specific questions can be forwarded to Mark Dalton, Independent Recruitment Consultant via [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader Supported Employment application via EthicalJobs.