Ndis Employment Coach

NDIS Employment Coach

Casual –  Approximately 15 hours a week

Rockingham and/or Service Delivery Sites across Perth South

Are you keen to work within a role that:

• Provides services that support NDIS Participants build capacity and achieve their employment related goals
• Plays an important role in a well-established and progressive Organisation
• Is included in a diverse and supportive team culture

The role:

We are currently growing our support to people in the community within the NDIS space, and are keen to appoint NDIS Employment Coach staff based in Rockingham with the scope to work across locations in Perth South (Cannington, Mandurah and/or Fremantle). The successful candidate will deliver services on behalf of the Organisation’s NDIS funded employment services – these services include School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES), and Finding and Keeping a Job. A fundamental part of the role as NDIS Employment Coach will be supporting and mentoring NDIS Participants to overcome their barriers and build capacity that assists them on their pathway to further education or employment by developing and implementing individualised plans. 

Our ideal candidates will have:

• Knowledge and experience delivering person-centred supports
• A professional, outcome-focussed approach to supporting NDIS Participant plans and building capacity to gain and maintain education and employment 
• Working knowledge of the NDIS Practice Standards 
• Highly developed time management, organisational skills along with advanced communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to provide support services both over the phone and face to face
• Ability to travel across sites
• Demonstrated ability to meet compliance requirements and maintain professional boundaries regarding participant and family/carer expectations
• Experience working with disadvantaged people within the community who may have disabilities, are young, and/or may be people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Strong computer skills in using Microsoft Office, Outlook, internet, and database systems
• A current drivers licence (essential) and own transport

 What we offer:

• Eighty9 Limited (ABN 88 485 417 134 / ACN 668 673 121) is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) and, as the parent entity of Eighty9 Limited we are able to offer our employees salary sacrificing benefits, including Fringe Benefit Tax exempt payments of up to $15,900 per annum (Full-Time and Part-Time positions only)
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive above award hourly rates
• Flexible working conditions
• A two week induction is provided, along with further training

About us:

For more than 30 years, Eighty9 Limited has been a successful not for profit Organisation originating in Adelaide, SA. We have a long history of supporting disadvantaged people throughout the communities in which we work, and are fortunate that the individuals we employ with their skills and expertise, also collectively share unity and purpose.

Our success has been achieved in the delivery of government funded employment and training programs in SA and WA, through our brand Status. Supported by structures and systems that have national quality assurance recognition, we provide a work environment our staff are proud to recommend.

Our BlueSky Mind Studio team provide vocational based allied health services, and expanding Registered NDIS services in both WA and SA. This enables our Organisation to support Participants through a person centred, holistic and strengths based mode of service delivery. 

We invite you to visit our website at www.blueskymindstudio.com.au for more information on our NDIS and Allied Health services.

How to express your interest:

Please apply through the Apply link and include a cover letter and resume addressed to:

Coordinator: Human Resources & Quality Assurance

*************@status.net.au

Position Description is available at https://www.status.net.au/inside/internal-positions/ 

Confidential telephone enquiries are welcome to our HR team on (08) 9344 2***

All final applicants for this position will be asked to provide a current National Police Clearance, NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check. Please note that people with a criminal record are not automatically barred from applying for this position, rather the relevance will be considered as it applies to our industry.

BlueSky Mind Studio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and people from non-English speaking backgrounds to apply for this position.