Team Leader

**Are you ready for the next step in your disability support career?**:

- **Join us and lead a great team of **disability** support workers at our day program**:

- **Based at Marrickville and Ryde, NSW**

At **Aspect Adult Community Services DAY PROGRAM**, we create a supportive, fun, collaborative atmosphere for both staff and participants. Staff work alongside participants to reach their personal goals. Programs of support are varied to reflect the breadth of interest of our participants, and might include: bike riding, dancing or learning about independent travel. Recently our participants hosted their own art exhibition.** **Because we get to know our participants, we quickly become a strong co-partner in supporting their needs and desires.

What current staff say about working at Aspect Adult Community Services:

- “Each day feels like a unique opportunity to collaborate with and support participants to be who they are. Working in Adult Community Services is the most creative and rewarding job I’ve ever had.”_ Tess, Active Support Worker.

**About this role**: The Team Leader role is responsible for the day to day coordination of activities and programs. This includes working collaboratively with Practice Leaders, supporting recruitment, and overseeing support workers and volunteers to work successfully with participants. The Team Leader helps build a strong team who work together with participants to build independent living skills and have meaningful involvement in the community. Click here to view the Position Profile.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Lead a team of support workers within Aspect Adult Community Services and monitor and support individual and team outcomes
- Provide operational or procedural direction and/or advice and share and update staff on new initiatives and changes in policy and/or procedures
- Maintain staffing levels in conjunction with the Coordinator (Operations) by producing a fortnightly roster and ensuring daily staffing levels are met
- Ensure staff attend orientation training, complete mandatory training and provide ongoing skills development in collaboration with Practice Leaders
- Attend promptly to issues raised by staff and, when needed, escalate issues to Coordinator (Operations)
- Participate in performance management, disciplinary procedures in conjunction with the Coordinator (Operations) where applicable
- Assist coordinator with daily operational risk management including assessing allocation of staff to participant ratios based on staff leave, service provision changes/cancellations

**Skills, experience and qualifications**:

- Certificate IV in Disability Services desirable or other qualification or experience in the area of disability services
- Proactive approach in supporting individuals with a disability
- Extensive experience working with people with complex support needs
- Extensive experience in person-centred planning and approaches
- Extensive experience supporting people within a positive behaviour support context
- Strong teamwork focus
- Demonstrated leadership capability
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Computer skills including intermediate Microsoft Word skills
- Driver’s licence valid in Australia and use of own vehicle for business purposes - desirable
- NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance for paid employment
- NSW Working with Children Check for paid employment

Completion of the mandatory NDIS Worker Orientation Module ‘Quality, Safety and You’ is also required. If you have not already completed the module, click here to access it. You may also be required to provide an international police clearance.

We focus on providing a positive work and learning environment for staff. Click here for a summary of some of the benefits you can access when working at Aspect

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

The COVID-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment for all staff in Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). A Public Health Order specifically requires staff providing disability services to have had 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine unless otherwise exempted. As part of the recruitment/interview process Aspect will collect information related to your vaccination status to ensure we are in compliance with all government orders and directives.

**Enquiries should be directed to**: Ashwani Mangla, Adult Community Services Regional Coordinator, 0466 546 813.

**_ Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is committed to providing an environment free from abuse, neglect and exploitation of the people we support._**

**_ Aspect is committed to providing an autism friendly workplace and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce. It is through this commitment that we encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply._