Employment Coach

About Us
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society.
We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.
The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities.
Your Role
Foster a culture of disability confidence to ensure delivery of effective and efficient services with core focus on quality, flexibility, customised service designed for people living with a disability. Provide on the job coaching, support, and mentoring, to build participants capability to meet their employment
Your Responsibility
• Implement participants individual development plans in the workplace, providing individualised on-the-job training, support, and coaching to them in achieving their goals
• Contribute and support the implementation of a disability confident workplace with all stakeholders.
• Build relationships with stakeholders that promote an inclusive employment environment for people with a disability.
• Work with participants to increase capacity, independence, and community connections.
• Maintain records, data collection, and reports in a professional manner as per service policy.
• Contribute to a safe working environment for members, staff, and volunteers by implementing the Society’s workplace health and safety practices.
• Ensure that participant support is consistent with the NDIS principles and the Quality and Safeguard Commission requirements, including demonstrating support consistent with person-centered practices.
You Will Need
• Minimum certificate III in Disability Services Sector or equivalent or working towards obtaining
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of person-centred services to clients, including customer services skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders from a range of backgrounds, needs and experiences.
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of person-centred services to clients, including customer services skills.
• Ability to use sound judgement and respond appropriately in complex work environments
Apply Now
If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.
St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.
The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY NSW