In Work Support Coach

Who we are:

atWork Australia is a leading employment services provider working with Australians living with disability, injury, health condition or those who require additional support, across the nation. We empower our clients, supporting them to build better working lives. 

To do that, we work with people to identify their goals and aspirations, build skills and job-readiness, and support them through interviews and into employment. We also work with prospective employers to ensure their needs for recruiting new team members are met. In short, our approach is to support a person in the way that best helps them transform their life, in pursuit of our belief that work’s for everyone.

The Position:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our In-Work Support Coach team in Nowra. If you’re looking for work with purpose that has that ability to change peoples’ lives for the better, we want to hear from you. The right person has great opportunity for career progression within the team.   

The InWork Support Consultant’s role is to support our clients once they have a job, and work with employers, ensure long-term sustainable employment. 

On a typical day as an InWork Support Coach you might be:  

• Ensuring all placed clients are supported and contacted, at least fortnightly; 
• Identify areas where alternative or additional training is required and facilitate this support where appropriate;  
• Tracking all placements and maintaining up-to-date records; 
• Providing on the job support to participants and employers to ensure Participants maintain sustainable and ongoing employment; 
• Liaising with employers, clients, and other team members to assist clients to maintain their employment;  
• Assisting with management of claims; 
• Escalating risks or concerns through appropriate channels; and 
• Ensuring our clients, employers and those we work with, receive exceptional service at every stage of the process.  

You will be working with a vibrant, collaborative and goals focused team of employment services professionals from diverse backgrounds, who are all seeking to have an impact in the diversity and inclusion space. 

Attributs and Experience:

• Experience in a customer service or client facing role, minimum one year’s experience; 
• Ideally, demonstrated experience of working with people overcoming challenges; 
• Happy and confident liaising with multiple external and internal stakeholders; 
• Confident working to KPIs and making placements that result in sustainable and lasting employment for our clients/employers; 
• An overall desire to be part of our broader atWork Australia family, with a true belief in our purpose: to connect people and business, so both can thrive; and 
• Hold a current Drivers Licence.  

What we will give you

• Ongoing career development and national opportunities;
• Access to MedHealth Academy including your own professional development plan;
• Opportunity to complete a Certificate IV in Employment Services *conditions apply
• Job stability and guaranteed full-time hours;
• Access to a range of benefits including discounts for health insurance, access to psychology services, ability to purchase additional leave, roadside assistance and paid parental leave.

APPLY NOW

If this sounds like the role for you, please select the ‘Apply for this job’ button to upload you resume. You can also find out more about atWork Australia here: www.atworkaustralia.com.au

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.