About Us

• Full-time fixed term 12 month contract role based in Haberfield
• Opportunity to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation
• Not-for-profit salary packaging tax free benefits! 

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society. 

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services.  Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities.

Your Role 

The Team Leader you will need to provide high quality support, supervision and direction to the program, staff and volunteers, working within NDIS model of community participation, engagement and supported decision making.

Your Responsibility 

• Ensure the successful implementation of the Strategic Plan within their team.
• Coordinate all aspects of the service including relevant documentation is completed, the daily activities of participants and staff and the development of rosters to ensure that all shifts are adequately filled.
• Provide leadership to the service and to direct reports, creating an environment that promotes reflective practice and builds capacity of the team. Oversee performance and development planning, managing performance issues that may arise as per policy and procedure to optimise team performance.
• Build and maintain a current working knowledge of local community supports and services to ensure a holistic person-centred approach to service this includes contributing to key community and interagency meetings / forums, advocating, and raising awareness of key issues.
• Contribute to the growth in service provision, program sustainability, and oversee feedback and evaluation processes that promote consumer participation and contribute to continuous quality improvement.
• Provide support to people with disability in areas such as personal care, health and well-being, accessing the local community, learning independent living skills and implementation of all supports in accordance to funded support needs.
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders in a professional manner and ensure ongoing positive relationships are formed with funders, peak bodies and other key stakeholders.
• Oversee the coordination of data collection within the service, including reviewing daily, ensuring compliance with current legislative and NDIS registration requirements and organisational processes.

You Will Need: 

• Minimum TAFE Certificate IV / Relevant tertiary qualification/s and demonstrated experience in the disability sector.
• NDIS New Worker Screening and the Certificate of completion for The NDIS Worker Orientation Module – Quality, Safety & You or willingness to obtain Certificate of completion.
• Experience working with challenging and diverse client groups with the ability to use sound judgement and act appropriately in crisis and emergency situations
• Demonstrated experience in staff supervision and site management within the disability sector
• Demonstrated ability and confidence in the management of complex and challenging behaviours and participant situations apply.

Apply Now

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process. 

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.