Job description
Join us as a Service Manager in Residential Services!
- Location(s): Blackburn Or Caulfield, VIC
- Vacancy Type: Permanent – Full-time/ Part-time – (2 positions)
- Job reference: 494518
Are you searching for a leadership opportunity that offers an exceptional work/life balance while allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals with disabilities? Look no further!
We Offer
- An attractive remuneration package with excellent salary packaging tax benefits
- Flexible working hours
- A rewarding career in a growing service sector
- Supportive team environment
- The opportunity to work alongside and empower people with disability to reach their maximum potential
- Ongoing training, team support and professional development opportunities
About the Role
As a Service Manager, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and, where applicable, their families. The position based in Blackburn South is a permanent Full-Time role. The position based in Caulfield East is a permanent Part Time (0.5 FTE) role.
Your Key responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Leadership: Lead a dedicated team of disability support workers, providing high-intensity support to clients.
- Performance Management: Ensure the overall performance of the service aligns with annual work plans and meets established targets.
- Person-Directed Support: Promote person-directed support and community participation that exceeds minimum disability standards, all within available resources.
- Operational Excellence: Manage the day-to-day operations of supported accommodation services, surpassing identified Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Support Excellence: Provide high-quality support to customers and their families, offering management support to care staff.
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Please note that this role includes a component of rostered after-hours on-call duty.
About You
To be successful in this role you’ll share Yooralla’s Values and have:
- Management Experience: Demonstrated management experience, preferably within a community services environment.
- Sector Knowledge: Understanding of legislation and standards relevant to the disability sector.
- Person-Centred Approach: Knowledge and understanding of how to support staff in implementing contemporary and person-centred approaches to uphold the rights and support needs of individuals with disabilities.
- Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Resource Management: Demonstrated ability to manage financial and staff resources within a complex environment.
- Initiative and Organisation: Excellent initiative, self-directed work practices, and highly developed organisational skills.
- A relevant qualification and/or significant experience in the human services area
Vacancy contact
To find out more about this role or working with Yooralla, please contact Wilhelmina De La Ferte on 0409 364 060 or [email protected], using the subject line: Service Managers x2 – Blackburn / Caulfield Services enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Why Yooralla?
At Yooralla, you’ll work at Victoria’s most established and recognised for purpose disability service provider with more than 100 years of experience offering high quality support services to people with disability. We work in partnership with adults and children, their families and carers to enable them to live the lives they choose. Find out more about what we do.
We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. We strongly encourage people with disability, LGBTQIA+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands People to apply.
Find out more about our workplace culture.