Team Leader - Home & Living

The Disability Trust; Ulladulla; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging (not-for-profit)

5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for PT)

Birthday leave (paid)

Fitness Passport access

Professional development opportunities

Recognition programs

Job summary

The Disability Trust in Ulladulla, NSW seeks a dedicated Team Leader to lead and support a team of Support Workers, ensuring safe, high-quality services aligned with participant goals. The role is full-time, Monday to Friday, with close collaboration with participants, families and allied health professionals for positive outcomes.

As a successful candidate, you will mentor staff, manage rostering and service delivery, and uphold safeguarding and compliance standards while fostering a

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams within disability, community services, health or human services.
• Strong commitment to person-centred practice and positive participant outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Sound judgement, initiative and problem-solving capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Support Workers.
• Coordinate daily service delivery, staffing and rostering.
• Promote participant choice, independence, dignity and inclusion.
• Build positive relationships with participants, families and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate team communication, meetings and handovers.
• Support quality, safeguarding, incident and risk management processes.
• Ensure services meet organisational, funding and compliance requirements.

Skills

Team Leadership

Coaching

Rostering

Stakeholder Relations

Compliance

Problem Solving

Tools

Rostering software

Job description

As Team Leader, you will lead and support a team of Support Workers while ensuring quality services are delivered safely, effectively and in line with participant goals.

You will work closely with participants, families, advocates and allied health professionals to create positive outcomes and a high-quality service experience. This role is full-time, Monday to Friday, working within the Ulladulla region.

While each day may bring new challenges, some of your day-to-day duties may include:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Support Workers.
• Coordinate daily service delivery, staffing and rostering.
• Promote participant choice, independence, dignity and inclusion.
• Build positive relationships with participants, families and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate team communication, meetings and handovers.
• Support quality, safeguarding, incident and risk management processes.
• Ensure services meet organisational, funding and compliance requirements.

As a successful Team Leader, you will communicate with confidence, build genuine relationships with stakeholders and bring adaptability and sound judgement needed to lead a team.

About You

You are a supportive and capable leader who is passionate about empowering both employees and participants.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Experience leading or mentoring teams within disability, community services, health or human services.
• A strong commitment to person-centred practice and positive participant outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Sound judgement, initiative and problem-solving capability.
• Experience managing service quality, workforce planning and operational priorities.
• Confidence using digital systems for rostering, reporting and compliance.
• A commitment to safety, safeguarding and continuous improvement.
• A current valid NSW Drivers Licence andWillingness to obtain a Working with Children Check & NDIS Screening Check

Why Join Us

• Attractive not-for-profit salary packaging options (around $15,900 in tax free earning potential).
• Extra rest and recreation with 5 weeks annual leave per annum. (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Birthday cake is sure to taste extra sweet with an additional paid day off for birthday leave.
• Access to our exclusive Fitness Passport program - discounted unlimited access to multiple gyms and pools.
• Opportunity to never stop learning with our abundance of professional development opportunities.
• Reward and recognition programs to celebrate success.
• Flexible public holiday leave options to celebrate recognised days of religious or cultural significance.
• Access to a free reputable and confidential Employee Assistance Program for you and members of your immediate family.

If you're looking for a rewarding leadership opportunity where you can support employees, strengthen services and positively impact the lives of people with disability, we'd love to hear from you.

For information about the role, please reach out to the Regional Manager - Lynne Koerbin via email: *************@disabilitytrust.org.au.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and suitable candidates may be contacted prior to the closing date.