Join a supportive team and be part of an organisation which provides life changing support to people in our community
Be celebrated and rewarded for the incredible person and employee you are by joining an organisation that shares care and love in the work we do.
The Role
We are looking for a kind, caring and reliable Team Leader to lead our Support Work team located in Maitland and Newcastle. Be rewarded in contributing to empowering our young people and people living with disability offering high quality, holistic support for individuals to build their capacity and achieve their goals both in community access, in home support, and daily living skills support. Your team will also run disability homes, and medium to long term disability/homelessness refuges.
In this role you will be working directly with young people living with complex trauma and psycho-social challenges, as well as people living with disability. You will be responsible for all rostering, supervision, training and support for youth and disability support workers.
You will also be responsible for quality assurance, including review of documentation, assurance of policy and procedures being implemented, and ongoing quality improvement is central to practice.
You will work within the senior leadership team, made up of Director of Finance, Director of HR, General Manager, 2 Clinical Leads, Secretary, and Executive Assistant.
Continuity of care is very important to us, and those we support, as positive and healthy attachment and relationships are formed from consistency in those we work with. In this role, you will be expected to lead from the front within the team and have a hybrid work model of admin shifts in the office (2 per week), and support work shifts (3 per week). You will be able to form strong, professional and healthy attachments with people we support and their families in leading the support work team providing life changing support to those we work alongside.
We are looking for people with strong professional values of care, social justice, creativity, and joy to join our team in providing care, happiness, and supporting independence to those we support. We are looking for individuals who are able to remain calm under stressful situations and be natural problem solvers. We are looking for leaders who place care and support for our team above all else.
You will lead our team of support workers who provide community access support, or in home support to children, young people or people with a disability to help them to achieve their goals and build their independence into the future. This could be mentoring support, developing their living skills, or promoting their skill development to achieve their future goals in home or in community.
You will be responsible for recruitment, supervision, training, ongoing professional development, quality assurance and rostering.
You will have access to ongoing supervision, training, and professional development to capture your professional goals and passions for the future with our specialist leadership team.
About Us
River Community Services is a community-based organisation that provides support across the allied health, mental health, child protection, and disability sectors.
This includes:
Psychology, Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy
Behaviour Support Therapy
Disability Support Work
Youth Work and Mentoring
Foster Care Support
Family Finding
EAPS
Cultural Planning
River Community Services is based across the Maitland, Newcastle, Northern Rivers, Taree, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Sydney and Wollongong regions.
River Community Services was developed based on the aim to provide the highest quality care to those we support, while bringing joy, creativity and love to the work we do. We understand that we have the capacity and the potential to change people's lives with our actions and words, and take responsibility and accountability in walking alongside those we support to create a better future for all.
Skills and experience
* Qualifications - Minimum Diploma in Community Services OR Minimum 5 year's experience in Youth Work. (Candidates currently working towards or holding a Bachelor in Psychology, Social Work, OT or Speech are strongly encouraged to apply)
* Minimum 5 years experience in allied health, leadership, disability support, or youth support, with preference for people with experience working with non-verbal children and neurodiverse children who communicate with behaviour rather than words.
* Minimum 2 years in senior or management roles within allied health, disability support or youth work support.
* Understanding and experience of rostering under the SCHADS award, providing supervision, and providing training and professional development
* Highly developed capacity for emotional self-regulation when working in high stress and supporting children or individuals to regulate their own big emotions
* Full unrestricted drivers license and comprehensive car insurance
* The skillset to bring love, care and joy to the work we do.
* Ability to commit to working 2 admin shifts per week, and 3 support work shifts
* Ability to be flexible with times and days requiring work, inclusive of weekend, day and afternoon shifts as required.
If you have the skills, values and passion to be successful, we want to hear from you
How to Apply
If you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful, we want to hear from you
Please click the "APPLY" button and attach your resume and cover letter.
You are required to address each of the selection criteria in your covering letter in addition to your resume. For further enquiries and/or a copy of the position description please email