About Lifestart

Lifestart is a not-for-profit organisation providing quality specialised supports to children and young people living with disability or developmental delay and their families/carers. We are passionate about and committed to our vision, that all children and young people are able to participate inclusively and meaningfully in their community. To find out more visit www.lifestart.org.au.

About the role

The Practice Leader position plays a key role in ensuring that staff across Lifestart programs are engaged in a range of professional supports and experiences to extend their practice-based skills and competence within their role. You will work collaboratively with the Manager, Learning and Development, Managers and the Practice Leadership team to develop and implement innovative approaches to practice-based supports and resources.

Key elements of this role include but are not limited to:

• Providing practice-based leadership at Lifestart
• Ensuring staff have the expertise and experience to work with children, young people and their families/carers using evidence informed approaches that align with Lifestart’s strategic directions.
• Coordinating processes that provide staff with opportunities to collaborate, share and learn new skills e.g., peer supervision groups, targeted support sessions.
• Developing, implementing, and evaluating processes and approaches to providing practice-based supports.
• Supporting the Leadership team and key strategic partnerships.
• Working toward the achievement of the Lifestart Mission in line with current recommended practice ensuring compliance with the Lifestart Strategic Plan.

You will be an agile and flexible person capable of prioritising projects and able to adapt to an evolving fast-paced work environment. You will have highly developed interpersonal skills; a demonstrated ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders will be essential. To succeed in this role, you will bring a high level of energy, enthusiasm and a genuine commitment to achieving positive results.

This is a permanent full-time position (part time negotiable) based at our head office in Sydney Olympic Park with opportunities for flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:

• Degree qualification in relevant allied health field
• Minimum of five years’ experience in discipline specific direct service provision with children and young people
• Current Registration and/or eligibility for membership, with relevant professional body
• Demonstrated team leadership and/or management experience
• Demonstrated supervision experience and skills
• Demonstrated clinical leadership skills
• Knowledge and skills in working with children, young people and families, with a specific focus on early childhood interventions and school age years services for children or young people living with disability, with or at risk of developmental and global developmental delays
• Knowledge and skills in frameworks which inform work with children and young people with disability, including key worker approaches, trauma-informed practice, transdisciplinary/multidisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based
• Well-developed knowledge of person-centred approaches within family centred practice
• Skills in the provision of services and innovations that reflect evidence-based, best practice
• Knowledge and skills in working flexibly in response to families’ individualised needs and priorities
• Knowledge and skills in working sensitively and empathically with families from diverse cultural backgrounds and complex needs
• Knowledge and skills in clinical supervision and mentoring
• Experience developing and or delivering professional development and training
• Experience developing specific learning materials and content across mediums e,g, printed factsheets, guides, online training, video etc
• Valid Working with Children’s Check (WWC) Clearance
• Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check (NDIS WC) Clearance
• Successful pre-employment police check
• Current driver’s licence and use of own car

Our Culture and Benefits

As a leading disability organisation, Lifestart places high value on the contributions and commitments made by our team members. We offer you a rewarding career by providing a supportive management structure, access to professional development and flexible work practices. You will receive an attractive salary package with unique benefits including a range of salary sacrifice options (increases your take home pay), generous leave entitlements, flexible work from home options.

Lifestart welcomes applications from culturally and linguistically diverse candidates, suitably qualified people who may have a disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

For further information regarding working with us or to view the position statement please visit www.lifestart.org.au or contact our Recruitment Team on (02) 9364 0111.