• Leading Community Services Organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• Full Time, Maximum Term (12 month contract)

About the opportunity

The role of the Team leader is to provide leadership to a team of Support Coordinators and support the daily management of the service delivery across multiple locations in Metropolitan Melbourne. The position will provide Support Coordinators with the necessary supervision, training and guidance to fulfil their KPI’s in the form of achieving billable hour’s targets. The role is performed in a competitive market environment where customer satisfaction with service quality and outcomes is essential for customer retention and attraction, and business sustainability.

Support Coordination is a capacity building support provided to eligible participants through National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding. The aim of the support coordination service is to strengthen participant’s ability to navigate the NDIS and coordinate their supports and to facilitate implementation of all supports identified in a participant’s plan. 

About you

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• Formal Tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing or other allied health disciplines are mandatory
• Previous in-depth experience in leading and supporting a professional team
• Proven experience and capacity to drive adaption to NDIS
• Strong understanding of the needs and issues facing people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
• Experience and capacity to act collaboratively within the team and the wider organisation.
• Significant experience in providing advice and support on complex issues

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, apply today by submitting the below.

• Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability by addressing the key/core selection criteria according to the position description)
• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

For more information about the role and a confidential discussion, please contact Andrea Streckfuss - Acting Manager, Community Projects & Innovations – [email protected], using the subject line: Team Leader - Support Coordination enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking. It is a condition of employment that all eligible workforce receive the COVID-19 vaccination and supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties at any of Uniting’s workplaces. 

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.