Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 7th Aug 2020
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, 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.
Working within our Shared & Supported Independent Living team, the Team Leader is responsible for coordinating the day to day running of 2 Shared & Supported Living Sites (Group Homes), which may support up to 10 clients with varying types of disability.
The role of a Team Leader involves leadership and administration duties, providing quality hands on support to clients and provides ongoing guidance, mentoring and training to a team of Disability Support Workers to ensure that a high standard of support and care for our clients is achieved.
This role is located in Baulkham Hills and is offered on a Permanent Full-Time basis.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check.
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 Zali Kakko at [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader - Disability - Baulkham Hills enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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).