Disabilities South Coast - Ipswich is seeking an Expression of Interest from UCC staff that are interested in joining their team as a Lead Practitioner - Supported Living.

Are you a motivated individual looking to expand on your experience within UnitingCare Community? Have you worked in roles providing personal support and are passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with a disability? Then we want to hear from you.

• Work in collaboration with people with disabilities, their families, and personal networks to assist the people we serve in everyday living situations. This includes the provision of personal care and household management as needed.
• Mentor, lead and manage a team of Disability Support Practitioners to deliver high quality support.
• Ensure safe efficient and sustainable day to day management of resources for particular arrangements, including staff, records, budget, buildings and vehicles.
• Implement intentional safeguards for people being supported.
• Comply with organisational requirements including, but not limited to, adhering to  and modelling behaviours aligned to the UCC Code of Conduct, duty of care, policies, procedures and shared values of UCC, reporting of service issues, completion of documentation, attendance at training and participation in meetings.
• Recognise and uphold the right to privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the person being supported and their family. 

What do you need to be successful in this role?

• Positive Notice from Disability Services, Demonstrated experience and/or relevant associated post school qualification, A current Senior First Aid Certificate, A current Driver’s Licence,  Capacity and willingness to work outside of standard business hours, on occasion if required, and to take on additional responsibilities, on occasion if required.

 Want to know more? For a confidential discussion please phone Raelene Wood on 07 3432 6107

UnitingCare Community is committed to providing career development opportunities to staff and volunteers through the internal advertising of vacant positions. Keep an eye on the HRPortal Job Board for more exciting roles with UCC. 

Further information on this position can be obtained by viewing the attached position description. Should you require additional / specific details about the role, please contact as per the details below. 

UnitingCare Queensland is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation and for all children who come into contact with our services we will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services, prevent child abuse and neglect within our services and appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Through our values UCQ are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and 　serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.