Saheed Akolade

Background

About Saheed Akolade

Saheed is passionate about creating a meaningful and purposeful work environment for employees and participants. Having dedicated his career to the disability sector, he experienced life as a frontline worker, from community development worker and disability support worker to practice leader and house manager. Saheed builds and maintains relationships with participants and families, working to improve the level of services delivered to participants continuously. His extensive experience has provided insight and understanding into how different parts of a business connect and operate and the importance of collaboration and genuine engagement. His skills and focus lie in organisational culture, ethical practices, organisational transformation, strategy development, governance, and managing high-performance teams focusing on employment, empowerment, and quality results. Saheed holds an Advanced Diploma in Community Sector Management, Diploma in Community Service and a Certificate IV in Disability. Saheed has worked and acquired knowledge and experience managing diverse and successful teams in the Community Sector, Mental Health, Autism, Complex Behaviour, AOD (Alcohol and Other Drugs) and Youth Coaching and mentoring. Saheed grew up working around providing volunteer community care, support, coaching, and mentorships for people living with disabilities and behaviours of concern. He has extensive knowledge of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (Internal and external with NDIS Auditors and operational and services delivery within the NDIS). In addition to my formal training, certifications, and qualifications, Saheed has a massive sporting background at the national level at sport. This includes coaching, playing, and mentoring, which equipped him to bond with participants, families, and other stakeholders (support coordinator, LAC or NDIS planner and others). Saheed has experience implementing contemporary approaches to managing challenging behaviours that reduce and eliminate the need for restrictive physical and chemical practices.