Permanent Part time position: Career Support Worker / Team Leader

Averaging three shifts per week direct support and additional non-support hours for team leader activities.

We are seeking a Permanent / Part time Team leader for an existing team of five who provide 24-hour support for a lady in her own home.

Proven leadership and communication skills are essential to be successful in this role.

This role is structured to enable you to work closely with one participant, fostering a strong bond with both the individual and the team. You will have administrative hours allocated to mentor your team and fulfill administrative responsibilities within your adaptable schedule.

Aura Lifestyle Services PTY LTD (Aura) is seeking a Team Leader to lead a team who supports a lady in Sherwood, to understands her needs, her community, and family connections. The lady enjoys spending time in her garden, going for walks, connecting with her family via video calls and meeting with friends for morning tea. She enjoys her days at her own pace, a healthy diet, and a rest in the afternoon.

The Role

This lead role will work in close partnership with this lady, Aura and her family for positive outcomes in the community and home.

Along with leadership and admin tasks, you will spend time on roster directly supporting this lady.

Immersing yourself in her life via direct support will help you to fully understand her needs and personal choices, providing you with a platform to contribute to her and her family’s vision. Other day to day activities would include:

· Providing excellent support and supervision to support staff who form the team you will lead.

· Managing staff rosters, timesheets and overseeing daily shift reports

· Overseeing maintenance of her home

· Coordinating and Resourcing activities and community inclusion projects

· Arranging medical, therapeutic, and other appointments as direct by her family

· Ensuring that her home and living environment is safe, attractive, clean, and welcoming.

You will be supported with training, mentoring and direct contact with family and our leadership team through this process.

You will have up to 10 hours per week off roster to manage and support other aspects of her life and the team of staff. Hours on roster will require flexibility including overnight daytime and possible weekend support.

You will have ‘can do’ attitude and pride yourself on being calm and kind, work in a planned and proactive way – and have a natural ability to build rapport and relationships.

Your communication is mature, kind and fair. You understand how to deliver information whilst respecting family values, relationships, and decisions. Promoting a culture of integrity, respect and confidentiality. You will have an innate sensitivity to this lady’s needs, goals, and vision, whilst being empathetic to her personal challenges and providing regular updates to specialists, Aura and her family.

Requirements and Selection Criteria

· Ability to build a natural, positive, and effective relationship with the lady, her family and significant others.

· Ability to lead, coach and mentor a small team.

· Ability to self-reflect and learn.

· Ability to work with allied health professionals.

· Experience of supporting people with disability support needs.

· Car and driver’s license

· NDIS Worker Clearance Screening

· Current First Aid and CPR

The Offer

This is an opportunity to bring your leadership skills, experience, and values to a team where your ideas and input will be welcomed.

Aura, in conjunction with the family, provides extensive training, support and above award rates.

Aura also offers support workers access to Salary Sacrifice up to $15,900 per year for Casuals, Part-Time and Full-Time and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Program (for work related and personal related matters).

Hours

The position is Part Time Permanent Level 4.1 of Home Care Award; however, Aura pays above Award rates.

If this role resonates with you and you believe you have the skills and attitude described, please send your responses to the Selection Criteria and Requirements section above, your
Resume and cover letter outlining your interest in this position to [email protected] and [email protected] and quote “Sherwood Team Leader". Please note that your resume will be viewed by the participants family as well as Aura as part of the selection process.