House Manager (Intensive Therapeutic Care). Permanent Full Time - Orange

­­­About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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 and 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

Lead, motivate and mentor a team of residential youth workers in providing trauma informed care and support to young people with trauma backgrounds and complex behaviours living in a 24/7 residential care home based in Orange.

To be successful in this role, you must have previous experience as a House Manager or Team Leader within an Out of Home Care or Intensive Therapeutic Care setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Be actively present in the home environment, providing role modelling to staff
• Oversee and participate in the planning and implementation of therapeutic care plans
• Mange, support and provide reflective supervision to your team
• Model and support staff in applying the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) system
• Manage home in accordance with the CARE model, legislation, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements
• Provide an environment free of abuse, harm and exploitation for people we support

Skills & Experience

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree (or relevant Diploma working towards a Bachelor)
• Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team within an OOHC or ITC setting.
• Experience in the co-ordination of a 24-hour residential services for vulnerable people
• Experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage
• Commitment to complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Training and be assessed as TCI competent within the probationary period
• Current First Aid Certificate
• An unrestricted NSW driver’s licence

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

Benefits

• Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free through salary packaging benefits
• Monthly rostered days off (think 12 extra-long weekends per year!)
• Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets such as department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants and MORE
• Meaningful work opportunity at one of Australia’s leading social purpose org

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Wednesday the 28th of July, 2021 (AEST)

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)