Team Facilitator

**Work in your local community - paid km's and time travelled between supports**:

- ** $34.04 per hour plus super & penalties**:

- ** Option to Salary Package up to $18,550 to reduce taxable income and increase your take home pay**:

- ** Mobile Phone & Laptop provided for work**

**About us**

At the heart of Avivo is our steadfast belief that everyone matters.

Avivo is a not-for-profit community organisation that supports people with a disability, people who experience mental ill health and older people across Western Australia. We exist to make real what matters to the 3500+ people and families we support each year.

Central to our culture is self-determination and personal responsibility - we are social justice pioneers. We’re a contemporary organisation that continues to explore what it takes to work in a way that doesn’t just deliver a service but creates a better world.

We are champions of individualised support, autonomous teams, contemporary technology, and meaningful community connection.

**About the role**

We are looking for a Team Facilitator to join our awesome neighborhood team within the **Yanchep **area to provide quality services to our customers. The Team Facilitator role forms an integral link between our Support Workers and the coordination teams.

**There's no 'typical day' but it may include...**
- Providing direct hands on support (personal care/domestic assistance/mental health support) to a variety of customers
- Working with customers that require specialized high care skills which may include bowel care, hoisting and complex behaviours & communication (we will give you the training and resources you need)
- Developing a good understanding of the customer and their support team
- Coaching, mentoring and supervising support workers
- Reviewing and assessing services for customers
- Maintaining records on customers’ progress and aiding in reporting back to funders, including NDIS;
- Organising staff rosters, schedules and providing back up support when required
- Developing potential resources and relationships within the community
- Occasional travel to Lancelin will be required

**You'll need**:

- Previous experience in providing disability and aged care support
- Certificate III in Disability & Aged care or working towards this
- Demonstrated experience/competency at a supervisory level
- Previous experience supporting customers requiring high skills (desirable)
- A proven ability to work in, lead and motivate a team
- Excellent communication skills including verbal, written and listening
- Ability to problem solve, think creatively and find innovative solutions
- Current NDIS Worker Screening check or willingness to obtain one
- ** Must be available for a range of shifts from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday with some weekend availability**

**What's in it for you?**
- An hourly rate of **$34.04 per hour** plus super and afternoon/evening shift loading, weekend penalties and all leave accruals
- Option to Salary Package up to $18,550 to reduce taxable income - meaning you can legitimately pay less tax and increase your take-home pay
- A Mobile Phone & Laptop to use for work
- Extra 2 days of leave for your wellbeing - because we care
- Pay for kilometers and time travelled between supports
- Comprehensive training opportunities and supportive team
- Access to Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service
- Development opportunities for internal career development and a supportive team

**Are you keen? Here’s the next steps**:

- To apply, you can attach an updated resume and cover letter as one document.

Avivo strongly encourages applicants to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 including the seasonal flu vaccination.

**Avivo values a diverse workforce with different life experiences, skills and backgrounds including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+ and people from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds.