Team Manager

• Permanent, full-time position (40hours per week)
• Primarily Monday – Friday, however the service operates 24 hours, 7days a week on a rotating roster.

Ember Korowai Takitini | Nga Matapono

Ember Korowai Takitini blends professional expertise and lived experience to offer a range of services and supports for anyone with mental health, addiction or intellectual disability needs

At Ember we support people to live the lives they choose and we challenge the systems that hold them back.

We desire a society that better understands and responds to mental distress, addiction and intellectual disability

Ember:

• Offers additional leave – Recreation days, study leave
• Provides a comprehensive Health & Wellbeing programme, including health checks, flu vaccinations and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and more
• Provides training opportunities for upskilling, personal & professional development, and career progression.

The Service | Ko Te Whare O Toro Mai a Ringa

Toro Mai a Ringa is a partnership with Lakes DHB under the Te Ara Tauwhirotanga model of care. Located within the community in Rotorua the residence provides support for people who have complex needs beyond the normal capability of residential mental health providers.

Its name means outstretched hands and it’s a place where people from within the Lakes rohe can rebuild their lives and go back to the community.

By utilising different skills, knowledge, and experiences (personal and professional) we offer our whai ora support to build daily routines, offering on-going tools and encouragement to develop, grow and flourish.

Role | Nga mahi

Team Manager’s role is to provide excellent leadership and management to the staff within their service. This is to ensure the delivery of quality recovery and person-centred focussed services to our guests/whai ora, as well as support the sustainability, growth and development of the service and Ember.

As the Team Manager, you are to provide the environment to generate a high performing, capable, productive, and engaging team to deliver outstanding services. They are to manage the service so optimal levels of staff are available for rosters, are qualified, trained, motivated, coached and developed to perform will in their roles.

You will | Nga Pukenga

• Hold a current registration in either of the following fields:
  • Occupational Therapy
  • DAPAANZ
  • Counselling
  • Social Work
  • Nursing
• Have experience in management and leadership before
• Full NZ Drivers License
• Valid/Current work visa, residency, or citizenship
• Be able to encourage and role model positive behaviours, participation, and communication in all activities and in line with our values.
• Have some understanding of financial management to support Ember’s procedures.

When applying please have | Kia Whakauru

• Upload an updated CV
• provide a Cover Letter - detailing the following:
  1. Why you're interested in the role?
  2. What skills, knowledge, competencies, and experience to you bring to the role.

“He aha te mea nui o te ao? Maku e ki atu, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata”

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.

Ember is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for all. We particularly welcome applications from our Māori, Pacific and Rainbow communities.

We will interview candidates as applications come through rather than waiting until the advertisement closes. The vacancy may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is identified.