Whānau Support Lead - Disability Services (Nelson)

New Zealand Health Group; Nelson; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NZCL is seeking a Whānau Support Facilitator in the Nelson region to lead a team of Support Workers and deliver person-centred disability services. You will build strong relationships with the person supported and their whānau, develop effective support plans and coordinate across services to ensure outcomes are met.

You will apply the Enabling Good Lives principles, demonstrate strong communication, leadership and time-management skills, and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Proven experience working within disability, mental health or education with a good understanding of the sector.
• Strong communication skills, including written communications, with the ability to adapt for different stakeholders.
• Leadership experience, a passion and expertise for developing skills in others.
• Proven ability to work with people with intellectual disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
• Impeccable time management and administrative abilities; rostering and/or budget management experience an advantage.
• A full, clean NZ driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Applying the Enabling Good Lives philosophy and principles to the provision of services that you lead.
• Building and maintaining an engaged, cohesive and high performing team across the services you lead.
• Meeting with the person we support and their whānau to understand their life, ambitions, and expectations of their support and services to be provided.
• Negotiating the details of the support plan - the who, what, where, how and why - with the person we support and their whānau in a way that balances the organisation's constraints with the requirements and expectations of the person we support.
• Ensuring robust service agreements, that balance people's goals & needs with organisational risk, are in place for all support arrangements.
• Working collaboratively with the Service Centre to ensure rostering requirements from the support plans meet the needs of each person we support and their family/whānau.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Time management

Administrative skills

Disability sector experience

Driver's licence

Job description

NZCL is seeking a Whānau Support Facilitator in the Nelson region to lead a team of Support Workers and deliver person-centred disability services. You will build strong relationships with the person supported and their whānau, develop effective support plans and coordinate across services to ensure outcomes are met.

You will apply the Enabling Good Lives principles, demonstrate strong communication, leadership and time-management skills, and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive workplace