Support Coordinator - Melbourne, Australia - Yooralla

Yooralla

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Job no: 494359

Work type:
Full - Time (Auto), Part - Time (Auto)

Location:
Melbourne CBD, Western Melbourne

Categories:
Disability Support Worker

Support Coordinator:

Location:
Sunshine and/ or Melbourne CBD (Collins Street) Office

Vacancy Type:
Full Time positions - 12 months fixed term with view to extend, part time applicants considered

Job reference: 494359

Are you seeking a role that helps strengthens an individual's ability to coordinate and implement their NDIS supports and participate in the community?

At Yooralla, you'll have the opportunity to make a positive difference, working as a team to support people with disability to live the lives they choose.

Yooralla has a long history of working to build a world where people with disability are equal citizens.

Yooralla provides
Support Coordination to help people with disability and their family or support network to navigate through the different stages of their National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) journey and achieve their NDIS goals.

We employ individuals dedicated to providing quality, sustainable and flexible services, that uphold human rights and create opportunities, empowering individuals to live the life they choose.

About the Role:

The Support Coordinator plays an integral role in the development and achievement of a participant's goals to maximise opportunity and independence.

The role involves;

Utilizing high quality engagement strategies to strengthen a participant's ability to navigate the NDIS
Linking participants to identified services to maximize opportunity and independence
Supporting the participant to evaluate goals and provide outcome reports to the NDIA
Ensuring high quality record keeping and reporting maintained

You will be joining a highly experienced and supportive team, with excellent induction and training support offered, as well as extensive ongoing learning and development opportunities

About You:

To be successful in this role you'll share Yooralla's values and have:

Fairly good knowledge of the disability sector/ NDIS key principles
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
Strong report writing skills and attention to detail
Relevant experience working within the Human Services, Disability or Allied Health area
Effective time management, multitasking and organisational skills
Ability to build strong working relationships and establish ongoing rapport, both externally & internally
Experience within a similar position is desirable but not essential
Independence and proactive learning style and sound problemsolving skills

We also highly encourage Disability Support Workers ready to step up, with strong experience within the disability sector, to apply

Sound like you?:

Our Culture:

At Yooralla, you'll work at Victoria's most established and recognised for purpose disability service provider with more than 100 years of experience offering high quality support services to people with disability.

We work in partnership with adults and children, their families and carers to enable them to live the lives they choose.

Find out more about our work culture and what we do.

Advertised: 28 Aug 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 28 Sep 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time