about the Specialist Skills Client and Staff Program Developer

The RISC Association provides one to one support to people with severe or multiple intellectual or physical disabilities, to immerse themselves more significantly in recreation and in social/ community activity of their choice. Quality support of our clientele involves a planned and skilful commitment to assisting the person to develop their personal resources in communication, independence and recreational skills. We currently support 30 people on a weekly basis and have staffing of 22 workers.

RISC is looking to supplement our organisational skill pool with a full time position, whose focus will be the people we support and the activities they pursue.

Qualifications in either Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy is required for consideration in the role. Each applicant will be considered in relation to overall capacity to contribute to this role. The role will include hours for both planning and specifically supporting up to 6 individuals weekly as well as contributing to the overall service planning and delivery of up to another 16 individuals, across the year.

Commitment to community focused recreation and independence development is essential as is the rights and respect for people with all levels of disability. Specific skills in communication and independent living skills for people with sensory, intellectual or physical disabilities are expected, as are advocacy skills. The role will include functions in occupational health and safety and training for other staff as applicable.

The remuneration for this position is expected to reflect the skills, experience and qualifications and the hours will also be negotiable with a minimum of 20 hours and a maximum of 30 hours available. Salary range will be between $50 – 60,000 per annum. There will be a capacity to salary package up to $15,000 and access to an organisational vehicle may be included.

about you

The role will best suit a person who values the time and support spent with the individual as an opportunity for development and is proactive and skilful in assisting the person to further their personal and recreational growth and lead other staff to deliver quality support. An understanding of the varied roles this position may take and commitment to the value of small non profit organisation's is important.

This position will be offered initially as a one-year contract with review on its impact for a possibly ongoing position. If you have been looking for a role which gives you continued client contact in a community context of recreation and leisure, then this will meet your expectations.

Working within National Disability Insurance Scheme with a registered NDIS Service provider, this gives both experienced practitioners and new graduates an opportunity to fully understand both the future opportunities in this sector as well as an opportunity to become more skilled in the needs of this sector. Considerable training will be given to the successful applicants in relation to the NDIS, specific needs of our clientele, and the frameworks and context of quality community support. This will best suit therapists whose preferred client group is adults with intellectual and physical disabilities.

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