Acting Team Lead

**Job no**: 494697
**Work type**: Fixed term/Temp
**Location**: Hobart
**Categories**: Disability Support: Day Programs + Community Access

Title**:Team Leader**
Employment**:Full time / Fixed Term**(until 19 Jan 2026)
Salary**:SCHADS level 4 -** **$43.08 per hour plus super and NFP Salary packaging.**Dependent on experience
Location**:Day Programs** **Moonah, TAS**

**About the role**

Due to an internal secondment we have a position available at Able Australia for a dedicated Team Leaders at our Day Programs in Moonah. This role will suit a current Team Leader or Senior Disability Support Workers who is passionate about our clients receiving high quality care and enjoys leading their team by example.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Service Excellence**: Ensure our clients receive high quality individualised services
- **People Leadership**: Lead and mentor a team of Disability Support Workers, and Program Leader
- **Incident Management**:Respond appropriately to the compliments, complaints, and incidents process
- **Business and Financial Management**:Assist the Area Manager in the preparation of service delivery, program, and project budgets

As a Team Leader you will have dedicated administrative days and direct client support shifts both on weekdays and weekends, plus participate in the on-call rotation.

**Skills and experience required to be successful in this role**:

- Experienced in managing a team of Support Workers or similar
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to build relationships with the team, clients and families
- Relevant experience in the Disability sector and working in Supported Independent Living
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literacy - advanced MS Office, iPads and other systems (e.g. Carelink)
- Collaborative team player - works well with others, by doing what is needed to strive for a common goal

**Desirable**:

- Accreditations and technicalities - Advanced Diploma in Disability, Certificate IV in Disability or similar; First Aid (Level 2); Medication Administration qualification; Auslan desirable although not required for all sites.

**_ Benefits of joining Able Australia:_**
- **Not for Profit Salary Packaging** benefits (pay less tax and take home more earnings).
- Able Rewards program offering **instant discounts to hundreds of online retailers**, including Woolworths, Coles, Kmart, Airbnb, Hotels, and Flights and more
- **17% annual leave loading** (get paid more on your holidays) and **additional 2 days of personal leave** each year
- Collaborative and positive team environments where **your ideas matter**:

- **Continuous support and supervision** to enable you to develop your career and progress.
- Our values are Trust, Respect, Excellence and Kindness and we imbed these values into all of our work practices

**About Able Australia**

Able Australia is a leading provider of disability services across Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and Queensland. For over 50 years we have been delivering innovative support services to people with multiple disabilities and deafblindness.

As a registered provider of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), our vision is to enable the people we support to live the life they choose.

**How to apply**

**We encourage applicants with disabilities to apply.**Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment period.

You must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered for this position.

**Advertised**: 07 May 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 25 May 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time