Description:
Are you a skilled leader, looking to take the next step in your career?
Join an inclusive and supportive workplace and be part of the expansive and diverse Westhaven team!
We are seeking your leadership skills and qualities to assist us in building a workforce that prides itself on accountability and effectiveness.
Benefits That Matter:
- Competitive Salary: Level 4, Pay Point 1 - $41.52 per hour (Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010)
- Tax-free salary packaging up to $16,000 per year (pro-rata)
- Enjoy a tax-free meal & entertainment card up to $2,650 per year (pro-rata)
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- Invest in YOU: Grow with Westhaven’s Leadership and Development Training
About You
As a Children Services, Team Leader , you will:
- work in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in the effective delivery of support services to Westhaven Children and Young People (CYP) with a range of complex needs
- partner with children and young people (CYP) diagnosed with a disability and/or complex behaviour needs to achieve their goals and to live life the way they choose
- be responsible for ensuring the children and young people you support are receiving a high level of quality care with dignity and respect from a team of support workers you will lead, mentor and supervise
You will have:
- A Diploma in Community Services, Children’s Services or similar field; or identify as Aboriginal and be willing to work towards a relevant qualification
- Knowledge and understanding of positive behaviour support practices / plans
- A proactive approach to supporting individuals with disability
- Proficient computer skills including the use of Client Management Databases and Google Suite (or similar)
- Highly developed organisational skills and capacity to prioritise competing demands
- Effective conflict resolution skills, negotiation, mediation and decision-making skills paired with exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to confidently apply de-escalation strategies in high conflict situations
- Experience supporting individuals with complex needs, behaviours of concern and mental health concerns
- Experience working with people with a disability, highly regarded
- Experience working with children or youth in a care or education setting, highly regarded
About Us
Westhaven is and will continue to be the provider of choice for disability support services and accommodation across regional NSW. Westhaven provides client-centric, high-quality programs and activities that provide whole-of-life support for people with disability, including offering houses that are homes, enabling choice and control and supporting clients to live life the way they choose.
Due to Westhaven’s significant rapid growth, we are seeking skilled, motivated and enthusiastic leaders to assist us in building a robust workforce, centred on accountability and effectiveness.
Compliance requirements
- Current NSW Driver’s licence
- Obtain and maintain a current paid Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- Obtain and maintain a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme Workers Check (NDISWC)
- Willingness to provide consent to being listed on the Residential Care Worker Register (RCWR)
- Willingness to undertake a pre-employment police check
- Current First Aid and CPR Certification
About applying
Please submit your CV and a cover letter addressing your abilities to undertake the key responsibilities of this role.
We encourage diversity and inclusion:
Westhaven is passionate about social justice and diversity and is committed to being an EEO employer. We embrace diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Island heritage and people with lived experience of disability.
For more information or confidential enquiries please email Katrina Holmes, Operations Manager, Children Services at katrina.holmes@westhaven.org.au.
Applications close: The selection process will commence upon the receipt of applications & will close at 9am Thursday 23rd May 2024 or prior, if a suitable candidate is found.