About the Organisation
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
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.
About the role
Assist NDIS participants in coordinating and implementing support services based on their NDIS plan, using a person-centred approach. Build strong relationships with participants, their families, NDIS coordinators, planners, and service providers to ensure effective support and service delivery. This is a permanent full time position located from South Morang or Dandenong. You will have the flexibility to work from home but will be required to meet with clients across the region as required.
Key responsibilities
- Strengthen and enhance our client's ability to coordinate supports and participate in the community
- Regularly monitor our client's NDIS plan to ensure services are being delivered within their allocated budget
- Ensure mainstream services meet their service obligations to clients (i.e. housing, education, justice, health)
- Provide the client and the NDIA with reports on outcomes and success indicators, within the agreed reporting frequency
Skills & experience
- A professional and positive outlook about supporting people with disabilities and commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities and mental health concerns.
- Commitment to the values of dignity, respect, inclusion, empowerment, confidentiality and strength-based practice.
- Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes and quality standards.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to engage with clients and their families to support them as participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Unrestricted drivers licence and willingness to travel as required
- Strong written and computer skills for the creation of plans, programs reports, correspondence and other documents
- Established time management, problem solving and conflict management skills
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check (paid for by us), NDIS Workers Screening Check and a VIC Working with Vulnerable People Check (paid for and obtained by you).
Benefits
- Optional monthly rostered day off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Join one of Australia's leading and largest social purpose organisation
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Mikaella at [email protected]
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 at midnight on 14 July.
