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

Newly created role for an Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Home Manager to join our Child, Youth and Family team, managing a Significant Disability Therapeutic Care Home based in Campbelltown (Blair Athol), with occasional travel required to the office in Wollongong.

As an ITC Home Manager, you will be responsible for supervising and rostering staff, managing program budgets and activities and establishing a safe, homelike environment for the Children and Young people in care. The successful candidate will be required to work 3 to 4 days per week on the floor, supporting 4 young people between the ages of 8 to 11, 2 of which have significant intellectual disability.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of the leadership team within Therapeutic Care to address the impacts of abuse, neglect, separation from families and complex trauma on children and young people.
• Be actively present in the home environment, and provide role modelling, coaching and mentoring for staff in applying the principles of the CARE model to all interactions with children and young people and families
• Manage, support and provide reflective supervision to a team of Therapeutic Support Workers.
• Model and support staff to apply the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention system (TCI) to prevent, de-escalate and respond to crisis incidents involving children and young people.
• Build professional, trusting relationships with children and young people through visible interest and active engagement.
• Manage the Intensive Therapeutic Care Home in accordance with the CARE model, legislation, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements.
• Provide an environment free of abuse, harm and exploitation for people we support.

Skills & Experience

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree or relevant Diploma working towards a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team.
• Commitment to complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Training and be assessed as TCI competent within the probationary period.
• Experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage.
• Experience working with people with Disability and Complex Behaviours
• Current First Aid Certificate and current driver’s licence.

Benefits

• Monthly rostered days off
• Attractive Remuneration Package with salary packaging benefits
• Permanent, full time role in one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Kestra Caller at [email protected].

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview. 

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).