Careers

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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. 

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

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 
This permanent full time House Supervisor role in Bentleigh involves providing leadership and supervision to a team of Disability Development and Support Officers supporting 4 people with disability living in Supported Independent Living.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership experience as well as experience across behaviour support, manual handling and medical supports to be able to effectively deliver and supervise services to ensure the people being supported are able to live their best lives.

Please see below roster. Roster Split is 76:00/76:00

Key responsibilities: 

• Lead and plan support for people with disabilities to participate in a range of life areas based on the goals of individual support plans
• Advocate on behalf of clients and their families, to support inclusion, participation and respect for rights
• Administer medication treatments and therapies or seek appropriate medical assistance according to prescribed protocols
• Work to develop and maintain team morale and effectiveness and provide day-to-day mentoring and best practice knowledge
• Work to mentor and develop of staff through PDS
• Manage 1st level performance management
• Be professionally accountable for autonomous decisions that impact on clients and staff, made within bounds of department policy and with management support
• Prepare detailed reports, data and notation within area of expertise or responsibility and identify areas of service improvement
• Implementing positive behaviour management strategies
• Implementing and supporting staff to engage in meaningful active engagement with clients with complex behaviours.
• Ability to build positive staffing teams, leading through transitions. 
• Working with complex families to achieve positive outcomes. Building workable relationships to improve outcomes for clients.

Skills & Experience

• Hold a Certificate 4 in Disability
• Experience working in Supported Independent Living/Group Home settings
• Experience providing behaviour support, manual handling and medical support
• Leadership and mentoring experience
• A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate
• A current unrestricted Victorian Drivers Licence
• A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and an International Criminal History Record Check; if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia in the last 10 years. 

Benefits

• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Ongoing roster line with a stable, predictable roster

How to Apply   

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact  recruitment@lwb.org.au  

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Thursday the 18^th of December