Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 12th Apr 2021
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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.
We are looking for a Team Leader to join our Disability Support Services to lead the operations of our Respite Service in Clarkson. The service is a 24 hour, six-bed facility and you will be responsible for managing a team of Disability Support Workers whose role is to support the clients whilst in our care. Using your organisational and leadership skills we are looking for someone who can guide the team in providing high standards of supports and service.
In addition to managing staff, there will be administrative duties including updating client information in our database, tracking incidents and claiming for services. As part of this role there will be two days per week when you will provide direct, hands on support to clients in the service.
This is a full time, permanent contract (Monday to Friday) and you will benefit from one Rostered Day off per month.
It is a requirement for this role to be part of the Disability Management On-Call rotating roster.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.
In one document, please include your resume and covering letter detailing how your experience and skills will be a good fit for this role. Click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected], using the subject line: Team Leader Respite Accommodation - Clarkson enquiry via EthicalJobs.