Employment Advocate

If you genuinely care about working in a rewarding role and possess the ability to remain positive, enthusiastic, while being a reliable advocate for our participants, we’d love to hear from you!

This is your chance to take on a truly satisfying role in a diverse and vibrant environment.

You work to improve the life of clients that identify with having a medical condition, illness, or disability by supporting them on a journey to secure sustainable employment through our Disability Employment Services Contract with Department of Social Services.

https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-and-carers/programmes-services/disability-employment-services

Your responsibilities will include.

• Manage a caseload of participants in the pre-employment phase whilst, supporting with various employment and non-vocational capacity building activities on their journey to return to employment.
• Maintain fortnightly contact appointments with participants by creating, reviewing, and regularly updating participant Job Plans and which allows our participants to meet their Mutual Obligation requirements, whilst managing contracted requirements.
• Identify & implement appropriate interventions to prepare participants to take up an employment opportunity.
• Educate employers of the benefits of utilising employment services provided by My Pathway, and the advantages of employing a person with a disability.
• Introduce participants to potential Employers through various techniques including, but not limited to, cold calling, arranged meetings and cold canvasing.
• Community engagement and development of stakeholder relationships through attending local community expos, events, and forums.
• Ability to adhere to Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code and the Privacy act 1988.

What you need to be considered

• The willingness and ability to build rapport with participants and other stakeholders, particularly Employers.
• Ability and commitment to develop knowledge and skills relating to the employment and training of people with a disability.
• Written and verbal communication skills that can be adaptable, and concise.
• Customer focused by delivering an exceptional user experience, in a positive and compassionate nature.
• Sound computer skills in Microsoft 365 products and experience using android smart phones.
• Willingness to actively engage in a 10-day, comprehensive induction with hands on training and support.
• Hold a current driver’s licence.
• Must hold or ability to obtain a current Federal Police Check and Working with Children Check.
• Please include a cover letter outlining the above attributes, and why you would like to make a difference at My Pathway!
• People with experience of living with a medical condition or disability are encouraged to apply!

Your new company

My Pathway is a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable social and economic development organisation delivering services from the Torres Strait to Tasmania. We have grown from small beginnings in 2007 to employ 950 staff nationally who develop people, connect them to opportunities and help communities to grow.

Our businesses deliver employment services, training, business mentoring, community projects and facility services through a mix of government and private contracts. We also fund regional and remote enterprise development through our not-for-profit organisation, Community Owned Enterprises (COE).

My Pathway is built on relationships with our staff, our clients, our partners, and the communities where we work. We believe that together, we can achieve our purpose to create positive social and economic impacts.

Some of the benefits of working for My Pathway include.

Our key benefits:

• Paid professional development training eg; Mental Health First Aid, and DV Alert
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee rewards retail discount program
• Professional leadership development program
• Employee assistance program
• Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Paid parental leave

As part of our recruitment process you will be required to consent to a National Criminal History Check & obtain and maintain a mandatory Working with Children Clearance.

Applications close Friday, 12 April 2024, however we reserve the right to close the position earlier than stated.