Practice Lead

**Join the Team**:
At Onemda we strive to enrich the lives of people with a disability through the design and delivery of progressive, responsive, and collaborative services. We are a team who is united by this purpose. With common values of mutual respect and understanding, we are committed to our participants, profession and each other.

Our people are at the centre of everything we do. We recognise that our strength is our teams’ individual experiences, abilities, and ideas. We embrace forward thinking and innovation, to continuously improve by challenging the status quo and evidence-based practises. Our commitment to our team is to foster growth and professional develop, we offer internships and provide meaningful career pathways.

**Please note - it is a requirement that all Onemda team members hold a valid NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance.**

For more information please visit, **NDIS Worker Screening Check | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission**

**Practice Lead - **0.6FTE**

**We’re looking for an experienced Practice Lead to work alongside our service managers to support us in delivering services to people with disabilities by leading, supporting and enhancing practice development across our service teams. If training, coaching, mentoring and best practice are your passion, read on**

**About us**

At Onemda, we’re passionate about supporting adults with intellectual disability in learning and life. For more than 50 years we’ve been delivering a unique mix of learning and therapeutic services which support people to maximise their wellbeing, achieve their goals and reach their potential.

Today, Onemda is a fast-growing, dynamic organisation which operates eight campuses across Melbourne. Our team is progressive and responsive, committed to research, innovation and best practice to deliver real, measurable outcomes. To continue to grow and improve, we need enthusiastic, talented people who share our values. Are YOU the team member we’re looking for?

**What this role involves**

As our Practice Lead, you’ll work closely with Onemda’s service managers to support and enhance practice development across Group Services, Therapy Services and Support Coordination Services.

You’ll be responsible for supporting our staff through training, coaching, guidance and mentoring as you enhance practice development and program compliance across the organisation to ensure the best outcomes for program participants and drive continuous improvement in the quality of our services.

To excel in this role, you’ll need maturity, self-awareness, confidence, leadership and a commitment to our organisation’s culture, people and purpose. Most of all, you’ll have the desire to use your skills in a way which supports people with disability to participate in the programs they enjoy, achieve their goals and reach their potential.

**What we’re looking for in you**

To deliver what we need in this role, you will be:

- An experienced training professional with a sound understanding of disability services and the NDIS
- A great communicator who can motivate others, positively influence organisational culture, and provide strong direction
- A mentor and coach who leads by example with your exemplary work standards
- Effective in working with individuals or groups
- A good listener who encourages reflection to drive growth, and relies on data and evidence to underpin practice
- Able to mediate and negotiate positive outcomes in practice situations
- Across practice and service trends, and able to identify barriers and opportunities, in order to make change and strengthen outcomes
- Accountable, with a clear understanding of the importance of compliance and risk management
- A critical thinker and problem solver who manages time wisely
- Confident tackling challenging conversations, questions and topics
- A team player who works collaboratively but is comfortable with autonomy when required
- Flexible and willing to travel to different sites as required.

**You will also have**:

- _The right qualifications:_ relevant tertiary qualification, ideally Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
- _Relevant practice experience:_ at least three years’ experience in clinical and practice guidance relevant to the community or disability sector
- _Current Drivers’ Licence_

**What you can expect from us**
- Attractive remuneration with salary packaging benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- An environment that is supportive, innovative and focused on positive outcomes for the people we service
- On-site parking

**Interested? Here’s how to apply**
- Please note that we can only employ people who have a _**_current NDIS Worker Screening Check_**_ clearance as this is now mandatory for all workers in risk assessed roles, plus you must provide evidence of _**_up-to-date COVID-19 Vaccination_**_._

**Onemda Association**
123 Andersons Creek Road, Doncaster East

**Onemda is an equal opportunity employer.