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 

Manage multiple SIL homes with a wide range of responsibilities for managing the home including supervision and rostering of staff, managing program budgets and activities and establishment of a safe homelike environment.  This role works with other key Care Team members to lead the implementation of the CARE model and ensure the home provides a therapeutic environment which actively engages children and young people in activities and routines to support them to learn life skills including emotional regulation, problem solving and social competencies. 

Due to an internal secondment, this position is being offered on a full time maximum term contract until 4 January 2022.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and maintain meaningful and supportive relationships with children/young people and their families in order to promote positive outcomes
• Develop purposeful person-centred plans such as Care Plans, Individual Client Management Plans, Risk Management Plans and Safety Plans
• Create a safe and healing environment with a focus on assisting children/young people to build positive attachments, strengthen existing relationships and develop competencies
• Mentor, supervise and roster a team of Youth Workers to provide an exceptional level of care
• Liaise with the Care Team to coordinate and meet all daily individual care needs of children/young people
• Oversee the liveability, homeliness and safety within the homes
• Respond therapeutically to pain based behaviours such as aggression, withdrawal and self-injury
• Incorporate a holistic, Care Team approach, ensuring close collaboration with external stakeholders including the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
• Facilitate essential connections, such as the connection to culture and country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people  

Essential Criteria 

• Either hold and maintain; or be actively working towards a Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential Care) or a recognised relevant qualification http://peakcare.com.au/hopehealing/min-quals-res-care/
• Complete Hope and Healing Framework Foundations Training prior to commencing unsupervised, direct work with children and young people
• Demonstrated ability to develop quality individual care plans
• Highly developed analytical skills and the ability to apply these in case management
• High level organisation and time management skills, which includes the ability to reorganise work priorities to meet changing demands
• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals, families or groups from strengths based culturally appropriate perspective
• The ability to function effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• High level communication, influencing, liaison, negotiation and mediation skills
• Current Driver's Licence
• Valid First Aid Certificate and CPR Certification 

All positions within Life Without Barriers will be required to undergo probity checks including criminal record checks and working with children check (where relevant to the position)  

Benefits 

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Attractive Remuneration Package with excellent tax benefits and monthly RDO  

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 [email protected] using the subject line: House Manager - Child, Youth & Family enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. If you are successful we may 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)