Australia onlyAbout 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.
The successful candidate will have previous NDIS Support Coordination experience to support an existing caseload including complex clients. This role is permanent part time (22.8 hours/3 days per week with scope to increase) role which can be flexibly based in Hobart or surrounds with hybrid work from home arrangements.
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
- Experience in a support coordination role
- Demonstrated experience in working with people with a disability and mental health issues
- 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
- Unrestricted drivers licence and willingness to travel as required
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and Working with Vulnerable People Check.
Benefits
- Supportive and empowering leadership
- Join a national social purpose organisation with various career opportunities
- Flexible working environment – you can work from home or the office
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller 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 Wednesday the 30th of April, 2025
