Practice Lead

Mai-Wel is the regions leader in NDIS support and employment pathways for individuals in the disability and youth streams. With over 65 years serving our community this is an organisation with people at it's core and delivering for disadvantaged.

The role of Practice Lead is seated in the NDIS Pathway of Mai Wel and will be key to ensuring the high level of care, support and service to individuals with a disability is maintained.
 
Mai-Wel is strategically driving change in it's service delivery and this has lead to the creation of new roles as Practice Lead.
 
Working as a united leadership group, the Practice Lead roles will be working in 2 distinct areas (Social Community & Creative Pathways or Home and Living Pathways) but will ultimately work together to drive higher levels of support for Mai-Wel participants in the NDIS Pathway.
 
The Role

• Provide intentional leadership (coach, mentor, and counsel) team to deliver active supports.
• Internal champion and role-model organisation values to support achievement of business objectives.
• Pivotal contact and relationship champion with individual participants and their support network.
• Contribute to improvement through strategy and continuous improvement initiatives of services.
• Implement delivery of services and supports in line with quality management framework.
• Ensure best practice service delivery for participants is achieved through the provision of person centred supports underpinned by practice standards.

The Person
Work to Mai-Wel's core values Respect, Integrity, and Excellence, & reflect the culture of our organisation. Our People are expected to commit, uphold, proactively role model, and support these as shared values. 
 
You will need:
 

• NDIS Exposure with min 5-years recent experience in the Disability sector
• Working knowledge of NDIS Standards + NDIS Quality & Safety Safeguards
• Experience implementing Behaviour Support Plans
• Working knowledge of Restrictive Practice guidelines
• Cert IV or above quals in Disability, Community Services, Mental Health or other relevant stream
• Leader of company process, best practice and industrial tools
• Driver of 'Active Support' practice for organisation
• Skilled using MS Office suite
• Always have the participants at the heart of everything you do.

As part of the recruitment process you will need to be able to complete:

• 2 x working references
• Working rights for Australia
• National Criminal History Check
• NDIS Worker Screening
• Working With Children Check
• Drug and Alcohol pre-employment screen
• Australian Vaccination Certificate 
• Current First Aid Certificate

 
Working with Mai Wel creates careers that are 'full of possible'
 
You will be rewarded with a salary and benefits that include the valuable Not for Profit salary sacrifice advantage
 
To be successfully shortlisted for this role you will need to present a cover letter that displays your motivation to work in a leadership role with Mai-Wel in the NDIS pathways. You will also need to address the key points in the ad and you will need to showcase your skills via an effective resume.