Service Leader| Project SEARCH

Employment Term: Full time, permanent position

Location: Annerley Office

Remuneration: $97.377.28 + 11.5% super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As a Service Leader for Project SEARCH, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

As Service Leader you will oversee service operations at existing Project SEARCH sites while supporting the implementation of new program sites across Greater Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba.

The Project SEARCH program is a unique, business-led, one-year employment preparation program that takes place entirely at a Host Workplace. This role will see you:

Supporting the achievement of core activities within the Programs expansion project, ensuring that key deliverables in relation to site implementation and referral of eligible participants to new and existing sites are accomplished

Leading service delivery operations in line with the Project SEARCH Model Fidelity, practice frameworks and legislative, regulatory and licensing requirements

Working in partnership with the service delivery team to implement and promote best practice in delivering high quality, individualised, outcome focused supports, aligned to each participant’s employment goals

Developing, implementing and executing an Annual Program Delivery Plan for each designated program site

Leading the development of a range of internships designed to teach participants competitive and marketable skills that are transferrable to jobs within the community

Lead service delivery teams in undertaking a comprehensive assessment of each participant to inform Individual Employment Plans, Risk Assessments and individual servicing requirements

In collaboration with service delivery teams and relevant stakeholders, develop effective employer engagement strategies designed to secure employment opportunities for participants

Play in active role in the recruitment, on-boarding, induction and ongoing professional development of employees

Lead and provide direct support, coaching and supervision to front line staff to ensure role based key performance indicators, practice frameworks, quality care standards and legislative requirements are met

Oversee site based budgets and perform a range of administrative tasks to support effective and efficient financial and billing practices.

Monitor and review NDIS plans to ensure that each participant maintains the necessary funding for ongoing participation in the program

What makes a difference for us?

Tertiary Qualification in a relevant field (e.g. Humans Services, Management) OR lesser formal qualifications with acquisition of considerable skills, extensive and diverse relevant experience to an equivalent standard

Demonstrated understanding of the NDIS environment, funding and reporting models, service delivery models, and quality service frameworks.

Demonstrated understanding of best practice models to support people with a disability to achieve their employment related goals.

Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and lead high performing teams.

Advanced written and oral communication skills, with proven ability to communicate with influence, maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Current Driver’s Licence and Positive Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Check

What makes a difference for you?

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme; for eligible employees.

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our Family and Disability Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.