Senior Support Worker

HomePlace; South Australia; Hybrid; AUD 47,000 - 67,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Phone and laptop

Training & development

Leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Job summary

HomePlace is seeking a natural leader to provide high-quality direct support to people with disability, while delivering day-to-day leadership across the home.

You will mentor support workers, contribute to planning and monitoring outcomes, and advocate for participants’ rights and community inclusion. The role is permanent part-time with flexible shifts across AM/PM and weekends, in South Australia.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in disability support or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach teams to deliver person-centred support.
• Understanding of SRV principles and community inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality direct support to participants in their home.
• Lead and oversee supports with the team on a day-to-day basis.
• Contribute to support planning, goal development and monitoring outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Coaching

Time management

Communication

Community engagement

SRV principles

Job description

Are you looking to step up into a leadership and mentorship role, empowering people with a disability to participate and belong in their communities?

• Permanent Part-Time. Work over the 7-day week, including AM, PM, passive sleepovers and public holidays
• Hourly rate $41.12 depending on days and time of day worked + leave entitlements +allowances + salary packaging.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities + phone and laptop provided.

About the Opportunity

This opportunity will suit a natural leader or experienced support worker with a strong social conscience and genuine commitment to:

• Improving the lives, wellbeing and independence of people with disability.
• Supporting people to achieve meaningful goals and build valued roles within their communities.
• Coaching and mentoring Support Workers to deliver high-quality, person-centred support.
• Applying Social Role Valorisation (SRV) principles to strengthen participation, relationships and community inclusion.
• Creating welcoming homes that reflect the identity, preferences and lifestyles of the people who live there.

The primary function of this position is to provide high-quality direct support while providing day-to-day leadership and oversight of supports within the person’s home.

Additional responsibilities are:

• Contribute to support planning, goal development and monitoring participant outcomes.
• Support the implementation of behaviour support, communication and health care plans.
• Facilitate community connections, meaningful relationships and opportunities for social participation.
• Support participants with health, personal care, medication and medical appointments as required.
• Mentor, coach and support team members to deliver consistent, high-quality support.
• Support the orientation and onboarding of new team members.
• Facilitate team meetings, reflective practice and effective communication.
• Oversee day-to-day household operations, including budgets, resources, maintenance and safety requirements.
• Identify and elevate emerging health, safety, safeguarding and support concerns.
• Build positive relationships with families, representatives, health professionals and service providers.
• Advocate for the rights, choices and aspirations of the people HomePlace supports.

About You

You are driven and passionate about supporting people to empower them to improve their well-being, quality of life, and community connections. You have the leadership qualities, resilience, and enthusiasm to inspire others, and to foster the conviction that every individual has the right to a secure home and active contribution to the life of their community.

You are an effective manager of your time, proactively planning and distributing your time based on the needs of participants, the team, and HomePlace. Your positive attitude, flexibility, collaborative ‘can-do’ approach, and proactive problem-solving skills will enable you, the participants, and your team to be successful.

To be successful in this role, you will have/be:

About Our Client

HomePlace supports people who live independently in their own homes and to be a part of their community and enables individuals to be safe and supported to make continuous improvements in their quality of life.

HomePlace is an organisation built on the belief that every individual has the right to a secure home and active participation in the life of the community. HomePlace aims to set the standard in providing responsive, personalised, empowering support for people with intellectual disability. Their work and culture attracts people with a strong social conscience and genuine care for improving the lives of people with a disability.