House Manager

1 week ago

Geelong, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 503579

**Employment type**: Full Time

**Location**: Geelong & Great Ocean Road

**Categories**: Disability, Child, Youth & Family, Mental Health
- Geelong location - new residential house
- Competitive salary + Super + Salary Sacrifice up to $15,900 a year (increase your take home pay) + $2,600 entertainment card
- Prior disability and/or child, youth, and family experience essential (2-3 years)
- Rewarding role with Learning & Development opportunities and paid study days
- No on-call required

**Join Our Team at Life Without Barriers**

Are you a passionate leader and want to make a difference in the lives of young people? Do you have skills and compassion to manage a home that provides support and care to young people? Do you thrive in challenging yet rewarding environments? Life Without Barriers is looking for two experienced Therapeutic Residential Care House Manager’s to join our teams in Geelong. This is your opportunity to positively impact the lives of young individuals in a supportive and dynamic setting.

**New Funding and New Beginnings**

Thanks to new funding, Life Without Barriers is expanding it’s Therapeutic Residential Care Services in Geelong. This funding allows us to enhance our programs, provide additional resources, and open new residential houses. With this support, we are committed to delivering the highest quality care and making a lasting impact on the lives of those we support.

**Important state dates and training information**

Successful applicants will need to be available to start by the **Monday 1st**th** July** **2024 **and **commit to three weeks paid full-time virtual and in-person training.**

**About the Role**

The House Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of our Therapeutic Residential Care program in Geelong. You will mentor a team of Therapeutic Residential Care Support Workers in providing purposeful support to young people, with high and complex behaviours and/or disabilities. You will strive to enhance the lives of young people incorporating a therapeutic, trauma informed approach within the daily structure and purposeful programming.

There is a strong emphasis on leading your team to provide a secure base for our young people within the home, liaising with culturally appropriate services, and providing opportunities for the young people to connect with the culture in which they identify within..

**Additional Support**

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs,. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Build professional, trusting relationships with children and young people through visible interest and active engagement.
- Ensure the home is a place that is emotionally and physically safe, nurturing, and appropriately engaging and stimulating, to foster growth and resilience.
- Assist with the development and implementation of the Departmental Case Plan (where applicable) and develop and implement the LWB Case/Care plan that drives day to day service delivery.
- Manage, support, and provide reflective supervision and team meetings to a team of residential workers, and lead staff to work as a team in the best interests of children and young people.
- Undertake rostering of residential workers ensuring that risks are managed, and staffing levels reflect the needs of children and young people living in the home.
- Coordinate the intake and transition of new children and young people into the home and the exit of children and young people to permanent homes or step-down services.
- Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date with all client information.

**Skills & Experience**
- Prior knowledge and/or experience working with young people in Residential Care programs, (essential).
- Hold a Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention or similar (essential)
- Completed Top Up Units in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (CHCMHS007, CHCPRT009, CHCCS009, CHCPRT010) (essential).
- Healing Matters Certificate (essential).
- Prior experience as House Manager / Supervisor is desirable.
- Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team and possessing strong leadership skills.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage crises and critical issues and deal with complex and challenging situations.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong interpersonal skills, use of Microsoft Office packages.
- A current Senior First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain if successful) (essential).
- A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence (essential).

**Benefits**
- Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
- The new funding allows us to expand and improve our residential services, providing better support and resources for both staff and re

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