• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest not for profit organisation
• Attractive remuneration package with excellent tax benefits and RDO's
• Permanent full-time position | Flexible location (Brisbane / Ipswich / Logan)

About The ORGANISATION

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 5,600 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 a disability to apply.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support the customer to implement their NDIS plan, including assistance to identify and select providers
• Monitoring plan outcomes & plan expenditure to ensure the plan remains in budget
• Strengthen and enhance the customer’s abilities to self-direct their own supports and participate in the community
• Ensure mainstream services meet their obligations (i.e. housing, education, justice, health)
• Ensure clear, accurate and timely record keeping including making information accessible to the customer
• Capture any required data for the organisation and the Agency
• Provide the NDIA , and the customer on request, reports on outcomes and success indicators within the agreed reporting frequency

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in working with people with a disability, including supporting people with disability to develop positive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Relevant Tertiary qualifications including - Diploma in Disability; or o Certificate III or IV in Disability or equivalent; or o Certificate III or IV in Mental Health Qualifications

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).

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, mobile phone and laptop + non for-profit tax reduction options.
• Onsite shared parking options.
• Supportive team environment.
• Salary packaging tax benefits, meal entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more.
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
• Monthly RDO

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected] using the subject line: Support Coordinator - Brisbane enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. If you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)