House Manager (Intensive Therapeutic Care). Permanent Full Time - Grafton Region

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

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 our Intensive Therapeutic Care - Significant Disability program in the Grafton Region, you will provide leadership, supervision and rostering to a team of therapeutic support workers in order to establish a safe, homely environment for children and young people with disability within our care.

Permanent full-time role with flexible hours across 7 days a week, this is a hands-on role with most of your time spent on site, in the home leading and mentoring a team of therapeutic support workers in providing trauma informed, therapeutic care and support to young people with complex trauma backgrounds and disability. 

To be successful in this role you must have previous leadership experience as well as experience working with children and young people who have complex trauma and/or significant disability (in particular neurological disabilities).

Key Responsibilities

• Be actively present in the home environment, providing role modelling to staff
• Oversee and participate in the planning and implementation of therapeutic care plans
• Mange, support and provide reflective supervision to your team
• Model and support staff in applying the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) system
• Manage home in accordance with the CARE model, legislation, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements
• Provide an environment free of abuse, harm and exploitation for people we support

Skills, Experience & Requirements

• A relevant bachelor’s degree (or relevant diploma working towards a relevant bachelor)
• Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team
• Experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage
• Experience in the co-ordination of a 24-hour residential services for vulnerable people
• Commitment to complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Training and be assessed as TCI competent within the probationary period
• Current First Aid Certificate
• An unrestricted NSW driver’s licence

Please note: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations may be required for this position, in accordance with relevant Public Health Orders across all States and Territories. In these circumstances, evidence of vaccination will be required prior to an offer of employment.

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

Benefits

• Permanent, full-time role in a leading social purpose organisation
• Work life balance with flexible hours across 7 days a week
• Hourly rate from SCHADS Level 4.1
• Loading on any afternoon and weekend shifts worked
• 5 weeks annual leave per year 
• Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free through salary packaging benefits
• Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets such as department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants and MORE
• Participate in GROWTH Leadership training to support your continued development

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 Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 19th of December, 2021 (AEST).

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)