Job description
About Us
- Max-term 3 month maternity leave role with the possibility of extension
- Opportunity to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation
- Not-for-Profit salary packaging tax free benefits!
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
As the NDIS Coordinator ensure that a consistent, high-quality service is delivered in line with NDIS standards and requirement. Guiding employees with disabilities through their daily work tasks, provide further on the job coaching, support and mentoring, to build participants capability to meet their employment goals.
Your Responsibility
- Develop goals, training and transition plans in consultation with process workers and support workers.
- Engage internal support functions to assist supported employees attain and maintain organisational compliance and facilitate and contributing to organisations accessibility and DIAP outcomes.
- Ensure appropriate wage and capacity assessments are completed, in addition to risk assessments (including behaviour support plan) to ensure safety and a safe work environment
- Oversee the coordination of data collection within the service, including reviewing daily, ensuring compliance with current legislative and NDIS registration requirements and organisational processes. Maintain accurate and complete records of participant engagement in work using the client management system.
- Contribute to a safe working environment for members, staff and volunteers by implementing the Society’s workplace health and safety practices.
You Will Need
- Relevant qualification/s and / or demonstrated experience in community services and / or other relevant area.
- NDIS New Worker Screening and the Certificate of completion for The NDIS Worker Orientation Module – Quality, Safety & You or willingness to obtain Certificate of completion.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, including cultural sensitivity and cross-culture communication.
- Experience working with challenging and diverse client groups with the ability to use sound judgement and act appropriately in crisis and emergency situations
- High level computer literacy
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple and competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.
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.