House Supervisor. Permanent Full Time

Job no: 505669

Employment type: Full Time

Location: Melbourne

Categories: Disability

About the role

Are you a natural leader with a passion for creating a well-organized, efficient, and harmonious environment? If so, the role of House Supervisor may be your calling. As a House Supervisor you'll be the linchpin that keeps everything running smoothly by fostering an organized and efficient environment. Join us and be the driving force behind operational excellence and team success while making a real difference in the lives of people we support whilst promoting & maintaining a positive work culture and work ethics of staff. Strong leadership experience with commitment to develop and guide your team is essential. This position will be responsible for independently supervising house staff and services to provide positive support to people with disabilities, across their life cycle and in all domains of life, to enable access to a quality life with dignity and respect in the least restrictive environment.

About theOrganisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of over 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

Responsibilities

• Lead and plan support for people with disabilities to participate in a range of life areas based on the goals of individual support plans
• Advocate on behalf of clients and their families, to support inclusion, participation and respect for rights
• Administer medication treatments and therapies or seek appropriate medical assistance according to prescribed protocols
• Work to develop and maintain team morale and effectiveness and provide day-to-day mentoring and best practice knowledge
• Work to mentor and develop of staff through PDS
• Manage 1st level performance management
• Be professionally accountable for autonomous decisions that impact on clients and staff, made within bounds of department policy and with management support
• Prepare detailed reports, data and notation within area of expertise or responsibility and identify areas of service improvement
• Implementing positive behaviour management strategies
• Implementing and supporting staff to engage in meaningful active engagement with clients with complex behaviours.
• Ability to build positive staffing teams, leading through transitions.
• Working with complex families to achieve positive outcomes. Building workable relationships to improve outcomes for clients.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Hold a Certificate 4 in Disability (CHC43121)
• Leadership and mentoring experience
• A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate
• A current unrestricted Victorian Drivers Licence
• A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and a NDIS Worker's Screening Check.

Roster splits: 74:50 / 77:50

Benefits

• Pay rates starting from $38.65 per hour + penalties
• Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations with an enviable reputation in this sector.
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities.
• We are an organisation that champions diversity, inclusivity & equality.
• Non profit salary packaging benefits with Maxxia and other employee discounts.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click 'Apply' and follow the prompts. For any general enquiries (not applications) including a request to view the roster, persons with disability that require adjustments please contact

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 16th September 2025

Advertised: 09 Sep 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 16 Sep :55 AUS Eastern Standard Time