Team Leader Direct Support

• Permanent Full-Time (38 hours per week)
• From $58,333 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 assisting the Coordinator Direct Support to direct and coordinate the direct support team in the delivery of person-centred and quality services of the consumers’ choice, to enable consumers to maintain and enhance their independence and control.

Reporting to the Coordinator Direct Support, you will:

• Demonstrate and apply an understanding of rostering and the ability to facilitate person-centred direct support services in line with each consumer’s/participants choice and identified need.
• Demonstrate the ability to guide staff to focus on maintaining, enhancing or restoring consumers’ independence wherever possible.
• Demonstrate and apply an understanding of compliance and continuous improvement and assists the Coordinator Direct Support in the ongoing evaluation and continuous development and improvement of the service.
• Establish and maintain consumer and service records as directed by the Coordinator Direct Support.
• Support and supervise direct support staff and maintains relevant files and rosters to ensure that services and activities are adequately staffed to meet consumer and participant needs as directed by the Team Leader Direct Support.
• Ensure that consumers are informed about Life Choices – Support Services by making relevant and current information available to them.
• Monitor and review service provision and care plans as instructed by the Coordinator Direct Support.

Please note: A full list of accountabilities is located within the attached Information Package 

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Specifically, you will have:

Essential

• 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
• Well-developed organisational skills and the ability to work independently to plan and coordinate activities and tasks involving multiple resources
• Sound knowledge of Work Health Safety and risk in relation to the delivery of direct support services
• Effective oral and written communication skills as required to achieve outcomes
• Sound computer skills, in particular data entry and word processing, MS Excel and FileMaker Pro client database software
• Current Class C driver’s licence

Desirable

• Certificate IV in Community Services (Community Work, Aged Care or Disability Work) or other relevant discipline
• Experience working with people with dementia and people who have challenging behaviours
• Experience working in Rostrit or other staff rostering program
• Current First Aid certificate
• Current NSW Working With Children Check

HOW TO APPLY

• Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 1 February 2021
• 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