Are you an experienced leader looking to further your career?

Want to join a professional and supportive team committed to making a difference?

Lead with purpose and use your skills to influence, inspire and innovate. This is an opportunity to broaden your repertoire of leadership skills and experience in an industry truly committed to making a difference in the lives of others.

Why The Disability Trust?
The Disability Trust has delivered high-quality, professional care and support to people with disabilities and their families for over fifty years. Our team seeks to empower clients to live fulfilling lives by offering a range of tailored services and support systems.

We are looking for a well-versed Team Leader for our Supported Independent Living homes to oversee operations and lead a dynamic team of Support Workers. You will guide and coach our Support Workers to provide the highest quality of professional care to our participants. This permanent, full-time position sees you working Monday to Friday based in Lake Macquarie as you provide visible, authentic and proactive leadership.

What do I need to succeed in this role?

You’re driven to make a positive impact and build meaningful connections, with clients, customers and your team.

You're an industry professional, your strong foundations and experience in people leadership comes first. An ability to develop your team to their full potential will be evident in your work history, as will your aptitude for delivering constructive performance feedback to improve service quality.

You’re an exceptional communicator who can engage with just about anyone. Your relationship building skills sees you excel in managing and delivering on customer expectations. This includes balancing client needs with what can be complex family dynamics and handling tricky and sensitive matters with care.

You pride yourself on your eye for detail and have a proven track record of timely and accurate record keeping, report writing, and supporting your team to adhere to strict compliance requirements.

Lastly, you’re resilient, empathetic, and ready to make a lasting impact. This is a client-focused leadership role, requiring a commitment to quality service, and the ability to foster team engagement and collaboration.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a team in best practice processes, ensuring safety is paramount.
• Understand the needs of people we support whilst encouraging independence and empowerment.
• Support the referral process of participants to services or programs.
• Maintain reporting requirements in line with best practice as dictated by the Quality and Safeguards Commission.
• Performance management and development of team members.
• Day-to-day operational management of our SIL facilities.
• Liaising with families, carers and other organisations regarding the provision of support to clients.
• Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of participants and employees.
• Maintaining accurate records and providing information for reporting purposes.
• Working closely with the MyTrust and SSC teams to ensure the smooth delivery of the service in regard to staffing and NDIS plans.
• Using Outlook, Excel and various internal systems including Carelink+ and Riskman.

Why you’ll love us:

• We offer an attractive annual salary package ranging from $85,000 to $91,000 (plus superannuation).
• Take advantage of salary packaging benefits (up to $15,900 per year) increasing your take home pay.
• Exclusive access to our Fitness Passport Program for you and your family
• Enjoy extra rest and recreation with 5 weeks of annual leave per year.
• Enjoy a paid day off to celebrate your birthday.
• We offer flexible public holiday leave options to celebrate recognised days of religious or cultural significance.
• Never stop learning with our abundance of professional development opportunities.
• Celebrate success through our reward and recognition programs.
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Program, available for you and your immediate family.

We’d love to connect:

If you are ready to have an impact and join our team, please complete the form and attach your resume and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience. Please contact our Manager - Home & Living, Bryn Hoskins via email [email protected] if you’d like to discuss this opportunity.

Note: all employees are required to have:

• NSW Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Evidence of two COVID-19 vaccination doses prior to commencement
• Current driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle

Applications close Monday 23 June at 5pm. Suitable candidates may be contacted as applications are received.