Team Leader | Wellness Australia Services

Wellness Australia Services Pty Ltd – Redland Bay QLD

The Team Leader provides day-to-day coordination and practical leadership for a client support team. The role works alongside clients and Wellbeing Mentors to ensure supports are safe, consistent, person-centred and focused on building capacity, choice and meaningful participation. The Team Leader models high-quality practice, supports team accountability and ensures concerns are identified and escalated early.

Key responsibilities

- Coordinate the daily operations of allocated support teams, including routines, household activities, client schedules and communication requirements.
- Keep the client's goals, preferences, rights and support plan at the centre of team decisions and day-to-day practice.
- Support Wellbeing Mentors to teach, demonstrate and practise skills that build client independence, confidence and participation.
- Assist the Care Manager with roster coordination so supports align with assessed needs, available funding, employment conditions and safe staffing requirements.
- Provide practical guidance, coaching, role modelling and task clarification to team members within the authority delegated by the Care Manager.
- Support induction and client-specific orientation of current team members and identify training or competency gaps.
- Facilitate or contribute to team meetings, handovers and client reviews as requested.
- Monitor the quality and timeliness of shift notes, medication records, incident reports, household records and other required documentation.
- Maintain client files, household information and approved records accurately and securely.




- Support safe medication practices only within documented authority, training and competency.

About you

- Experience supporting people with disability, complex support needs or psychosocial disability.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate day-to-day work and positively influence a team.
- Person-centred, neuro-affirming and strengths-based approach.
- Clear written, verbal and digital communication skills, including accurate objective documentation.
- Sound judgement, organisation and ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to provide feedback respectfully, accept accountability and escalated concerns appropriately.
- Commitment to inclusion, human rights, dignity of risk and equitable participation.
- NDIS Worker Screening clearance, where required for the role.
- Working with Children (Blue Card) clearance, where required for the duties performed.
- Current First Aid and CPR certification.

About us

Wellness Australia Services (WAS) is a values-led, not-for-profit organisation creating opportunities for people and communities who have faced barriers to connection, safety and purpose. Guided by kindness, inclusion and trust, we work alongside people to open pathways to belonging, meaningful participation and brighter futures. WAS is committed to creating safe, welcoming environments where people are respected, supported and valued for who they are. We believe everyone has strengths to contribute and deserves the opportunity to grow, connect and shape what comes next. Through genuine relationships, creativity and collaboration, we are building strong communities where everyone can belong.

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