Description:

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Working within our Shared & Supported Independent Living team, this role is responsible for coordinating the day to day running of Shared & Supported Living Sites (Group Homes) that support clients with varying types of disability.

In this role, you will focus on ensuring the individual needs of our clients are met, whilst maintaining an efficient and safe working environment for our staff. You will also provide ongoing guidance, mentoring and training to a team of Disability Support Workers to ensure that a high standard of support and care for our clients is achieved.

We are looking for someone who is resilient and confident in managing a team, strongly aligns to our values and has significant experience working with clients with mental health and challenging behaviours.

Key Responsibilities

Skills & Experience

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check.

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