Kia Ora my names Kade Hobman, I’m a team leader here at Teuila.

As a Team Leader, I take on a few different tasks:

• Training Support Workers and shadowing shifts.
• Creating shifts & rostering our Support Workers.
• Shift notes & plans for the week ahead.
• Check-in with the staff regarding mental-welfare, ideas/activities for our participants.
• Planning respite programs & activities.
• Assessing and investigating shift reports or incident reports from our Support Workers.
• Communicating and working with our Participant’s families to achieve their goals.

I find fulfilment in making a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities. Providing support and services to enhance the quality of life for individuals facing various challenges. Building meaningful connections, helping with independence, and promoting inclusivity are rewarding aspects of working in the disability.

Basketball, Rugby & athletics have always been a passion of mine. Spending time with my kids. Whether we are playing games, exploring new activities, or just sharing moments together.

I have been working with Teuila for just over a year now. Starting as a Support Worker, I have moved up in the company in the past few months to become a Team Leader.

As a Team Leader, I take on a few different tasks:

• Forming and reviewing client profiles, risk assessments, and shift programs.
• Creating shifts & rostering our Support Workers.
• Checking in with our Support Workers and making sure they’re cared for, too.
• Training Support Workers and shadowing shifts.
• Assessing and investigating shift reports or incident reports from our Support Workers.
• Creating documents and tools for our participants like visual schedules, week schedules, checklists, and more.
• Communicating and collaborating with our families.

I love getting to meet some amazing people in my role with Teuila. Challenging myself to listen, observe and understand my participants to develop a close bond with them is so important to me.

Helping my participants set goals and watching them work hard to achieve each of those goals is really rewarding.

I love rugby league especially supporting the mighty Queensland Maroons!

I’m Maka, and I am a Team Leader providing Roster Oversight at Teuila.

My responsibilities involve overseeing the roster for all of our Support Workers. In a Support Worker capacity, I provide support to our participants in Respite Care and daily living. My main role is leading our team and supporting our participants to achieve their goals.

With five years’ experience in Disability Support work, my favourite thing about the role is meeting new clients — no day is ever the same.

Getting to know our participants on a personal level and seeing the world through their eyes is so rewarding. I love helping our participants achieve goals that may seem small to people outside of the disability support industry yet are a massive accomplishment for us.

In my spare time I get into gaming and growing my skills as a barber.

I’m Liz and I bring 15 years’ experience working with children with disabilities. I come from a background in Education, holding a Bachelor of Arts – Education and a Diploma of Education and Care.

My favourite thing about working at Teuila is creating programs for our participants to reach their life goals. This could be a cooking program to teach them skills in the kitchen or how to follow a daily routine by creating visual templates for their bedroom.

I find my role really rewarding and love when we are able to keep our participants busy with their weekly program schedules. When our participants are happily engaged in their daily program, this indicates the positive impact we are making in their lives, so this is really important to me.

In my down time I like getting comfortable in my oodie and playing fun games with my kids and family.

At Teuila, I am the Operations Manager. This means I get to look after Teuila’s day-to-day operations from planning, organising and ensuring staff are ready to roll-out with services.

I have a Bachelor in Exercise and Movement Science. I am currently studying a Master of Education (Secondary). I have experience in working with children and young people, educating around the importance of healthy eating and moving our bodies.

My passion is in serving and working together with people to achieve their best – both on a professional and personal level. Being new in the sector, I have enjoyed work together with participants and their family towards achieving goals and trying new things.

The role brings about a diverse range of skills and opportunities to work not only with participants but their families, caretakers, stakeholders together with a motivated team of Support Workers who want the best for their participants. I enjoy hearing about the success stories of our participants no matter how big or small the goal is, knowing that we’ve contributed to our participant’s happiness is a win for me.

When I’m not working or studying, I love to chill and play board games with my friends and family.