Team Leader Direct Support
- Permanent Full-Time (35 hours per week)
- From $76,637 per annum (plus super)
- Monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO)
Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.
Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.
The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW. This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.
Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities.
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:
- Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
- Long service leave after 5 years
- Corporate wellbeing programs
- PPE supplied
- Training and development programs
- Education assistance
THE POSITION
Working in Council’s Life Choices Support Services, this position performs a key role by leading and coordinating the direct support team to facilitate the delivery of a variety of community based services and assistance to people who are older and those with a disability.
Reporting to the Manager of Community Services, you will:
- Provide leadership, direction and a robust framework to the direct support services team, overseeing and monitoring staff and service delivery to ensure the provision of a person centered, informed, coordinated and quality service as agreed by the consumer and/or their person responsible.
- Demonstrate and apply an understanding of person centered service delivery that is reflected in consumer service documents to implement recreational, educational, social, cultural, health or other plans, targeting the consumer’s specific wishes and giving consideration to the safety of all concerned.
- Promote information on the direct support services by contributing to newsletters, media releases and by attending interagency meetings.
- Check that services are equally accessible to special needs groups, identifies barriers that prevent or limit access to services, and develops strategies to address such barriers, in consultation with other community service coordinators and agencies.
Please note: A full list of accountabilities is located within the attached Information Package
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Specifically, you will have:
Essential
- Demonstrated sound knowledge and understanding of current practices, standards and guidelines in the community care sector and specifically those relevant to service provision for people with a disability and people who are older, plus demonstrated practical experience
- Demonstrated strong people management skills, ideally in a community services environment, and experience supervising contractors and/or volunteers
- Highly effective oral and written communication skills, including community consultation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Highly effective organisational skills and the demonstrated ability to work independently to plan and coordinate activities and tasks involving multiple resources and strict timelines, while adhering to budgetary limits
- Demonstrated working knowledge of and commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the principles of multiculturalism
- Sound computer skills, in particular data entry, word processing and spreadsheets
- Current Class C driver’s licence (car licence)
- Current NSW Working With Children Check
Desirable
- Diploma or higher qualification in Community Services, Social Work/Social Science, or an equivalent qualification
- Experience working with people who have dementia and people who exhibit behaviour that is challenging
- Experience with FileMaker Pro client database software and/or Rostrit staff rostering software
- A clinical health background and/or experience and sound knowledge of the delivery of clinical care services linked to community based aged and disability services
- Current Class LR Drivers Licence
- Current First Aid Certificate
HOW TO APPLY
- Applications close: 5:00pm on Tuesday 6 October 2020
- Carefully read the Information Package to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
- Position specific enquiries may be directed to Tony Williams, Manager of Community Services on (02) 6730 2504 or email awilliams@gisc.nsw.gov.au
- Enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2303 or email jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au
- Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist.
- All candidates will be notified of the outcome via the email address you supply as part of your application.
Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Craig Bennett - General Manager
Promoting a safe and healthy workplace
Information Package
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