• Exciting and rare Team Leader opportunity in East & North West Melbourne
• $72K annual salary + Superannuation + Salary packaging benefits + leave loading
• Full time, fixed term (to 31 December 2021) opportunity

About Wellways

We are a values based organisation. We stand for Honesty, Acceptance, Fairness, Commitment and Participation.

Wellways Australia is a leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring all Australians lead active and fulfilling lives in their community. We work with individuals, families and the community to help them imagine and achieve better lives. We advocate for change to ensure people have access to the best possible care and information when they need it. We provide a wide range of services and assistance for people with mental health issues, disabilities, youth and older Australians and those requiring community care.

About the role

The CDS Team Leader will provide coaching and support to frontline employees and lead innovation and design of supportive structures for our direct support workforce, through group supervision models and training opportunities. This may also include a component of 1:1 support to participants to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in the community, where appropriate.

Team Leaders will facilitate effective working relationships within the sector, as well as between workers and participants, to help provide the most well-rounded support available for participants. Providing leadership and coaching to staff will be key to this role.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Direct Line Management of Disability Support Workers (DSW) including Casual and Part Time Staff, responsible for end to end staffing process including recruitment, on boarding, training, debriefing, supervision, mentoring, managing staffing lists and exiting outgoing staff
• Responsible for delivering consistent growth in CDS hours each week across core and capacity building by ensuring service delivery is smooth
• Designing and delivering quarterly training and group supervision model for Support Workers

Skills & Experience

• Minimum Cert 4 in Disability, Mental Health or Individual Support.
• Considerable experience in the same or similar role
• An understanding of the Wellways Fellowship Community Recovery Framework
• Understanding of the concept and practice of natural supports
• Understanding of the NDIA and service models
• An ability to work with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and individuals particularly the local indigenous community

Pre-employment compliance requirements

• Evidence of working rights within Australia
• Satisfactory National Police Records Check
• Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate: www.ndiscommission.gov.au/workers/support-for-workers/training-course

How to Apply

To apply and to download a copy of the position description please visit our careers page by clicking Apply Now.

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Jessica Barbizzi, CDS Coordinator on 03 8486 4231.

We warmly encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and people with a lived experience of mental health and disability to apply. Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment.