Job Coach - Disability Employment Services

• Small, close-knit team 
• Friendly, supportive, engaged manager
• Support placed candidates succeed in their new roles!

Want to change our customers’ lives for the better? We have the role for you!

You will be responsible for providing workplace support to our customers with a disability. You will also be working with employers to find flexible and innovative solutions, while providing ongoing employment support. 

To be successful in this role you will require an understanding of the challenges our customers with disabilities may face, when commencing new employment.

You will also have a strong ability to support both our customers in work and their employers, to ensure sustainable employment, whilst also sourcing future vacancies for ongoing placements. Therefore, you will be confident negotiating, building relationships and have a knack for creative solutions. 

You might not necessarily be from the industry, but you are a customer care professional, have the confidence to approach businesses and advocate for your clients! 

• Provide comprehensive, ongoing support for customers / employers, based on individual needs
• Enhance long-term and sustainable employment
• Facilitate training and development opportunities with customers and employers
• Generate opportunities for our customers with local businesses

• People person & effective communicator
• Confidence with business engagement / marketing
• Ability to build trust and rapport with a variety of people
• Disability or DES experience advantageous (not essential)
• Strong problem solving ability
• Willingness to travel to different sites to support your candidates
• Ability to work autonomously 
• Awareness of vulnerabilities to employment 
• Willingness to obtain a Blue Card & National Police Check

• “Purple Perks” Discounts from a large number of well-known retail /travel and adventure companies for MAX Staff 
• Opportunity to grow and develop through training and leadership support 
• Move from 4 weeks to 5 weeks annual leave after 3 years service
• Cash out or purchase annual leave to suit your needs
• Access to long service leave after 5 years’ service
• Gender neutral paid parental leave of 12 weeks
• Superannuation contributions paid for women during the first 12 weeks of any unpaid parental leave
• Extensive leave provisions including domestic, community service and study leave
• Education assistance and study leave.

If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process for reasons of equal opportunity, please call a member of our Recruitment Team on 07 3727 1*** or email ***********@maxsolutions.com.au before you submit your application.

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We are proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice Citation and be a recognised Disability Confident Company.

At MAX, we value diversity – in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply. 

We adhere to the National Principles for Child Safety and require all team members to be committed to child safety and well-being.  Our induction and training will provide you with these principles, including having an understanding of children's developmental needs and culturally safe practices.