Disability Employment Services (Des) Employment Consultant

Our vision is to provide quality services to our participants, employers, and industry across the Mackay region.  We encourage independence and give people self-confidence to be placed into jobs and learn new skills.

About us

IDEAL Placements is a Not-for-Profit Community organisation that has been helping people achieve their employment goals across the Mackay region for 28 years. 

Due to our rapidly expanding business, we are looking for more inspiring, energetic, and dynamic people to join our Disability Employment Service (DES) team in the Mackay region. 

About the Role

Joining our Disability Employment Services (DES) team will see you working with your participants abilities providing tailored services to support them in finding a job utilising their skill set, sourcing extra training where required and guiding them to find the type of work that is suitable for them. You will support participants with referrals to professionals who can help them on how to deal with their health concerns or challenges.

The goal is to assist participants to find long term suitable employment, working with both the participant and their employer providing on-the-job assistance if required and engaging in our local community identifying sustainable employment opportunities and connecting participants to support services.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates who have a lived experience with disability. With over 28 years’ experience in the Disability Employment sector, we are well equipped to support you in your role.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will assist participants with their vocational and non-vocational barriers to employment and seek employment opportunities whilst actively supporting participants throughout their journey.

Your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Build and maintain effective relationships with participants, employers, and other key stakeholders.
• Undertake detailed assessments and facilitate appropriate referrals.
• Create and maintain detailed job plans for each participant.
• Set reasonable and achievable goals and work with participants to overcome barriers to improve their skills and job readiness. 
• Provide job search assistance and offer a variety of activities for individual or group participation.
• Maintain regular contact with each participant to provide ongoing support.
• Record all contact with participants, employers, and key stakeholders in approved third party employment service program on day of contact and retain required documentary evidence.
• Build effective relationships with employers and a range of organisations in order to generate suitable vacancies for participants.
• Provide on-the-job support to both the participant and their employer as required.
• Engage in our local community to identify sustainable employment opportunities connecting participants to support services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Knowledge or an interest in Employment Service sector.
• Knowledge and application of Employment Services DEED and guidelines, desirable but not essential.
• Self-motivation, be inspiring, energetic, results driven and reliable work ethic.
• Ability to work with various cohorts to provide support or facilitate appropriate referrals.
• Ability to gather information, negotiate, and problem-solve and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of computer literacy is essential.
• Ability to deliver activities to small groups of participants, to prioritise workload, use initiative and multi-task.
• Professional personal presentation.
• Ability to obtain and retain:
• Driver’s License
• Working with Children Blue Card 
• Worker Screening Card.

Be rewarded for your success with 

• Competitive salary with salary packaging options.
• Professional development.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.

How to apply

If being part of a successful team and having the ability to change someone’s life for the better sounds like you, then apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, indigenous or cultural background.

Apply via Seek, include a cover letter, and resume to be received by Friday, 5th April 2024. 

For any additional information contact Human Resources (07) 4957 8***.