Are you passionate about making a real impact in the lives of people with disability? Join Australian Mentoring Services (AMS) and lead with purpose.
About Us
Australian Mentoring Services (AMS) is a registered NDIS provider delivering Supported Independent Living (SIL) and Community Participation supports across NSW. We support participants with complex psychosocial, neurodevelopmental, cognitive and intellectual disabilities to live a fulfilling life, achieve personal goals, and reconnect with their families and communities.
About the Role
As a SIL Team Leader, you will lead a team of Mentors across grouped SIL homes. You’ll provide guidance, model best practice, and ensure person-centred support aligns with each participant’s unique needs and goals. Reporting to the Practice Leader, you’ll play a key role in the coordination and delivery of quality services.
Key Responsibilities
✔ Lead, mentor, and support your team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care
✔ Coordinate daily operations and ensure support plans (behaviour, mealtime, medication, etc.) are followed
✔ Encourage participant independence and goal achievement
✔ Liaise with families, stakeholders, and external services to promote holistic care
✔ Promote a safe, clean, and inclusive environment in line with WHS practices
✔ Drive continuous improvement and uphold AMS values in every interaction
What You Bring
✔ Experience working in disability or similar human services sector
✔ Strong knowledge of psychosocial disability and trauma-informed care
✔ Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills
✔ Ability to mentor and develop staff performance
✔ NSW Working With Children Check, NDIS Worker Check
✔ Current First Aid, Provisional 2 (or higher) Driver’s Licence & access to a comprehensively insured vehicle
Why Join AMS?
✔ Meaningful work where you make a real difference
✔ Supportive, values-driven culture
✔ Ongoing training and professional development
✔ Flexibility and recognition of work-life balance
✔ Be part of a team that empowers people to live a life worth living
Apply Now
If you’re ready to lead with heart and help others reclaim their place in the world, we’d love to hear from you.
Beyond Independence.
It is a unique opportunity to have a service in its entirety that focuses primarily on individual participants who dream of re-establishing a life of normality and re-integrating back into the community with new sets of skills that will enhance their lives.
AMS will initially focus on the kinds of participants below:
1. Young people in care or have left the Minister for Community Services' care and who need ongoing support because of their intellectual disability or complex needs.
2. People who are re-integrating into the community after leaving prison or juvenile justice facilities, Health or have persistent contact with the criminal justice system.
3. People with an intellectual disability and complex needs often include mental health issues, behaviours of concern, substance abuse issues, acquired brain injury, a background of trauma, and behaviour that places themselves (and/or others) at risk of harm.
Our Mentoring participants have the fundamental right to have their supports delivered in a safe and inclusive environment which enables them to expand their horizons and explore opportunities to:
1. Learn new skills
2. Develop prosocial relationships
3. Be a contributing member of their community
4. Improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing
5. Make choices that allow them to live the life they choose safely.
We recognise that adjusting to life in the community and finding valued roles requires support and mentoring that is non-judgemental and sensitive to each person’s life experiences whilst also being aware of the impact on and tolerance of the community. The needs and goals of each person determine the type of support they receive as Mentoring services are truly personalised to individual needs.
AMS delivers services to participants across Sydney, Wollongong and plans to expand to our wider rural communities.
