• Join a leading social purpose organisation
• 12 month full-time opportunity (with view to extend)
• Based in Leederville and travelling north and south of river
• Competitive salary package + car + laptop + phone

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants.

We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

LWB has recently expanded our services to operate a Transitional High Needs 24/7 care model. This model of care is for young people (aged 11yrs – 17yrs) under child protection care by the State that require specialised 1:1 support due to their complex needs and trauma.

As we expand our services in this area of care, we require a House Manager to run our Transitional High Needs residential care properties along with a short stay crisis accommodation residential service called ARYA. We currently run houses in Canningvale and will look to expand NOR soon.

The High Needs Transitional houses work on a 24/7 care model while ARYA is an overnight only accommodation service.  Your role will be to manage the houses and staff that support our clients in each model of care.

This will be an opportunity for you to stretch your extensive skills and knowledge of supporting adolescents in a challenging environment, as we look to overhaul our existing services and expand in this specialised area.

The role will initially be a 12-month max term contract that will look to extend as the service grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of support and case plans to clients placed in the care of LWB.
• Coordinate the intake of new clients into residential care.
• Ensure that residential care is delivered in accordance with legislation, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements.
• Supervise the staff rostered on to support in the houses
• Manage rosters for the houses ensuring that clients have appropriate care.
• Develop and maintain functional and supportive relationships with clients and their families
• Ensure the database is up to date with all client information.
• Manage allocated house budgets, including house maintenance
• Manage communication with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Apply and uphold principles of equity and anti-discrimination in the workplace and adhere to organisational and legislative Health, Safety and Environment requirements.
• Comply with all Life Without Barriers policy, code of conduct, procedures and practices, external funding body requirements and legislation.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call roster to provide support and advice outside of business hours.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Human Services or related discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to develop quality case plans or individual plans that are consistent with appropriate policy and procedures.
• Demonstrated understanding of current casework practice for children and adolescents with trauma and mental health issues.
• Developed capacity to work in a fast-paced environment dealing with complex and challenging situations.
• Experience in the co-ordination and management of 24-hour residential services for vulnerable people.
• High level communication, influencing, liaison, negotiation and mediation skills.
• Highly developed analytical, organisational and time management skills

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Dept of Communities Check and Working with Children Check 

Benefits

• Monthly RDO
• Salary tax benefits
• Tool of trade vehicle, laptop and mobile phone
• Make a difference in the lives of children and young people