Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 18th Sep 2020
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of over 7000 employees working in more than 530 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.
We are currently seeking to recruit a House Supervisor for one of our small residential homes in Blackburn North. The position supervises house staff and services to provide support to people with disabilities, across their life cycle and in all domains of life, to enable access to a quality life with dignity and respect in the least restrictive environment. The house is a mixed house with 5 clients with complex support needs - including physical, medical and behaviours of concern, with some manual handling and personal care needs.
The roster is predominantly long day shifts and includes weekend working.
Taking a House Supervisor position in one of our house teams, you will be required to demonstrate strong leadership qualities, have significant experience in working with clients in a small group home setting. Working with a variety of clients some with complex behaviours, medical requirements and mental health support needs, you will also have strong knowledge of relevant legislation and NDIS support knowledge as well as excellent skills in communicating effectively with a diverse group of key stakeholders.
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).
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, and click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts.
For any general enquiries (not applications) including persons with disability that require adjustments please contact [email protected], using the subject line: House Supervisor - Blackburn North enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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).