House Manager. Permanent Full-time - Geelong

• Competitive salary +12% Super + Salary Sacrifice up to $15,900 a year (increase your take home pay) + $2,600 entertainment card!   
• Prior disability and/or child, youth, and family experience essential (2-3 years)  
• Rewarding role with Learning & Development opportunities and paid study days

About the Organisation 

At Life Without Barriers, we’re all about creating safe, supportive environments where children and young people can thrive. Every day, we work closely with families, carers, and communities to help shape brighter futures. 

From supporting children and families to empowering people with disability, mental health, or those seeking refuge — we’re here to break down barriers and build better lives. 

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. 

Join us to discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around! 

Join Our Team at Life Without Barriers!  

Are you a passionate leader and want to make a difference in the lives of young people? Do you have skills and compassion to manage a home that provides support and care to young people? Do you thrive in challenging yet rewarding environments? Life Without Barriers is looking for two experienced Therapeutic Residential Care House Manager’s to join our teams in Geelong. This is your opportunity to positively impact the lives of young individuals in a supportive and dynamic setting.  

 About the Role  

The House Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of our Therapeutic Residential Care program in Geelong. You will mentor a team of Therapeutic Residential Care Support Workers in providing purposeful support to young people, with high and complex behaviours and/or disabilities. You will strive to enhance the lives of young people incorporating a therapeutic, trauma informed approach within the daily structure and purposeful programming. 

There is a strong emphasis on leading your team to provide a secure base for our young people within the home, liaising with culturally appropriate services, and providing opportunities for the young people to connect with the culture in which they identify within. 

 Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs, AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.  

Key Responsibilities  

• Build professional, trusting relationships with children and young people through visible interest and active engagement. 
• Ensure the home is a place that is emotionally and physically safe, nurturing, and appropriately engaging and stimulating, to foster growth and resilience. 
• Assist with the development and implementation of the Departmental Case Plan (where applicable) and develop and implement the LWB Case/Care plan that drives day to day service delivery. 
• Manage, support, and provide reflective supervision and team meetings to a team of residential workers, and lead staff to work as a team in the best interests of children and young people. 
• Support staff to apply the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention system (TCI) to prevent, de-escalate and respond to crisis incidents involving children and young people. 
• Undertake rostering of residential workers ensuring that risks are managed, and staffing levels reflect the needs of children and young people living in the home. 
• Coordinate the intake and transition of new children and young people into the home and the exit of children and young people to permanent homes or step-down services. 
• Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date with all client information. 

Skills & Experience  

• Prior knowledge and/or experience working with young people in Residential Care programs, (essential).  
• Hold a Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention or similar (essential)
• Completed Top Up Units in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (CHCMHS007, CHCPRT009, CHCCS009, CHCPRT010) (essential).  
• Prior experience as House Manager / Supervisor is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and leading a team and possessing strong leadership skills. 
• Demonstrated capacity to manage crises and critical issues and deal with complex and challenging situations. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong interpersonal skills, use of Microsoft Office packages.  
• A current Senior First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain if successful) (essential).  
• A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence (essential).  

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Worker and Carer Exclusion Scheme and VIC Working with Children Check.  

Benefits  

• At Life Without Barriers, we prioritise a strong evidence-based culture and offer extensive professional development opportunities. Successful candidates may receive training in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children and Residential Experiences (CARE) from Cornell University.   
• Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations  
• The new funding allows us to expand and improve our residential services, providing better support and resources for both staff and residents.  
• Be part of a team that truly makes a difference in young people's lives, providing them with the support they need to thrive.  

Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated National After-Hours Service (NAHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. NAHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.  

How to Apply

Include your resume and cover letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries relating to the position, contact zina.cambell@lwb.org.au.  We will not accept emailed applications, please follow the prompts to apply.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close midnight 6th September 2026

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.