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 and refugees and asylum seekers.   

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

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

Joining the team as a Program Manager (Disability Mental Health) you will be an experienced and qualified leader responsible for overseeing and expanding our newly established service footprint in the Collie and southwest regions of Western Australia.

You will demonstrate and model strong organisational and leadership skills, providing specialist expertise, supervision, and guidance to your team. Your focus will be on developing methods that enable clients to maximise choice and control while ensuring all services remain safe, high quality, and compliant. 

This is a permanent full-time position which will require on-site team leadership in Collie as well as strong stakeholder engagement and community relationship building to ensure continuity of service delivery and support future growth across Collie, Bunbury and surrounding areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day to day running of services including managing services budgets, compliance, reporting and record keeping, staffing ratios and vacancy management
• Ensure delivery of services in accordance with program budgets, business plans, client needs and rostering requirements
• Identify services gaps, emerging needs, and growth opportunities within local community and the region
• Support Regional Operations Manager with business cases for new programs, locations or services models
• Provide direct supervision and performance feedback to staff to embed person centred practice, focus on quality outcomes and deliver safe support
• Lead Active Support implementation and embed person centred Active Support and support practice uplift
• Participate in communities of practice to contribute to the development and review of practice approaches

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Human Services or relevant field
• Strong leadership/management experience in a human services organisation
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders to support sustainable service growth
• Experience working in a dynamic and high-volume work environment with ability to manage competition priorities and deliver outcomes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to support productive working relationship sand manage staff

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Exciting opportunity to support a new service footprint and future growth
• Monthly rostered days off
• Access to fitness passport and employee wellbeing program
• Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free through Salary Packaging
• Access to a Tool of Trade vehicle  

How to Apply

Include your resume and cover letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries relating to the position, contact Kestra Caller at 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 midnight Wednesday the 29^th of April