Position Vacant: Team Leader Access Services

Northside Community Services is a not-for-profit regional community service delivering more than 40 diverse programs and services to a wide range of people in the ACT, including children, young people, families, older people and people with a disability and / or their carers. The majority of the people to whom we deliver programs and services experience multiple and complex barriers to social and economic participation, including homelessness, unemployment, low educational attainment, disengagement from family and social supports, exposure to domestic violence and alcohol and other drugs, limited access to transport, and functional limitations resulting from mental illness. We have a long track record for developing partnerships for the delivery of innovative, client-centered services that go beyond standard program guidelines.

The Aged & Disability team is currently seeking applications from highly motivated candidates for the full time, fixed term contract position of a Team Leader, Access Services who will be responsible for the efficient and effective management of the following programs:
* Domestic Assistance
* Personal Care
* Community Transport Program

Reporting to the Program Manager, Access & Engagement, the main duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows:
* Provide support and supervision for all staff in the Access team, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities, sufficient staff coverage and appropriate training opportunities.
* Monitor the support planning process for all Access program service users.
* Provide monthly report to the Program Manager, Access & Engagement.
* Monitor the delivery of service outputs, addressing any issues arising, in order to ensure that service agreement targets are met for all service types.


Please visit our website www.northside.asn.au<http://www.northside.asn.au> to obtain a copy of the position description.

If you would like any further information on this position, please direct your enquiries to Samantha Henry at samantha.henry@northside.asn.au<mailto:samantha.henry@northside.asn.au> or contact the HR team on 01 6163 0433.

If you are interested in applying for the position, please forward a copy of your current resume, a covering letter and a statement addressing the selection criteria to: careers@northside.asn.au<mailto:careers@northside.asn.au>

Applications close on 27 August 2014.



Northside Community Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people from the CALD and the LGBTIQ communities.