• Permanent Part Time role with flexible working hours.
• Attractive Remuneration Package with salary packaging benefits
• Ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 6,100 employees working in more than 440 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.   

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

In the role of Support Coordinator - NDIS, you will assist NDIS participants to coordinate and implement a range of support services, in line with their NDIS plan.

You will also be required to establish strong rapport and working relationships with a range of stakeholders including People with Disability & their family members, NDIS Local Area Coordinators, NDIS Planners, internal and external service providers.

This is a Permanent Part Time role offering 19 hours per week, which can be worked flexibly around the needs of our team and clients being supported. 

Key Responsibilities

• Strengthen and enhance our client's ability to coordinate supports and participate in the community.
• Reguarly monitor our client's NDIS plan to ensure services are being delivered within their allocated budget
• Ensure mainstream services meet their service obligations to LWB clients (i.e. housing, education, justice, health)
• Build the capacity of the LWB customer to achieve greater independence to self-direct services and supports in the longer term
• Provide the LWB customer and the NDIA with reports on outcomes and success indicators, within the agreed reporting frequency 

Skills & Experience

• Minimum Certificate III or higher in Disability or Mental health and/or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in working with people with a disability, including supporting people with disability to develop positive relationships with stakeholders
• Excellent verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to engage with clients and their families to support them as participants of the NDIS
• Strong written and computer skills for the creation of plans, programs reports, correspondence and other documents
• Established time management, problem solving and conflict management skill
• Ability to think creatively and use initiative, to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team using strong coordination, leadership and peer support skills

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

At Life Without Barriers we all share the responsibility for child safety. 

Benefits

• Permanent Part Time role with flexible working hours. 
• Attractive Remuneration Package with salary packaging benefits
• Ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities

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