General information

Oakdale Services Tasmania currently employs over 95 people on a permanent full time or part time basis or as casual employees.

Our staff includes:

• Disability Support Workers: people who work with and support our clients on a daily basis;
• Team Leaders: people who undertake a variety of administrative duties as well as working " hands on" with their team;
• Co-ordinators: people who have responsibility for co-ordinating Oakdale's various client sevice areas;
• Domestic staff: people who maintain the high quality of the clients' home at Oakdale Lodge; and
• Administrative staff: Oakdale's Administrative Team includes Management, Accountancy and Technical Support staff

Disability Support Workers are the key employees in our organisation. For this reason we look for very specific qualities in these staff. For a general description of those qualities please see the Functional Job Description or the Position Description for individual vacancies.

At Oakdale, we are committed to Career development. All Team Leaders, Co-ordinators and Management staff have previously worked at the Support Worker level. We are also committed to ensuring that staff satisfaction and involvement is maintained at a high level as this enhances both the workplace and the clients' home environment.

The benefits of working for Oakdale Services are many, including:

• the opportunity to work with people with a disability - to influence change to improve people's lives;
• positions which offer both challenge and variety;
• the availabilty of flexible working hours;
• opportunities for people seeking study related experience; and
• the 'personal contact' approach.