Employment Coach

at  Endeavour Foundation

Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia’s largest employers of people living with disability. Our people live and breathe our purpose every day, with flexible working, great perks, and work/life balance. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture where our employees can grow, learn, and do their best work. Our purpose is simple – make possibility a reality.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Cert III in Individual Support (Disability) and previous case management will be highly regarded.
• Working with Childrens Check (Blue Card)
• NDIS clearance
• National Police Check clearance
• Mental Health First Aid will be highly regarded.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with people with a disability in an employment setting or direct support.
• Demonstrated ability to operate within a person-centred framework and applying the principles of social justice.
• Ability to be flexible and agile in the workplace - move from one priority to another.
• A genuine commitment to the purpose and values of the organisation, demonstrating an ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in using current MS Office programs (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to engage with and collaborate effectively with external internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in training, coaching, and developing people with disabilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Employment Coach located in Geebung you will support people with a disability who want to achieve personal employment goals aligned to their NDIS plans. You will be supporting and working alongside Endeavour Foundation employee’s to undertake daily duties and work tasks supporting those employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote Endeavour Foundation as an employer of choice, profiling theavailable suite of services to persons with disability.
• Maintain strong professional relationships with internal and externalstakeholders to build productive collaborative partnerships.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture to support our supportedemployees to achieve their NDIS employment goals.
• In conjunction with site managers, undertake referral, attraction,recruitment and selection activities for Supported Employees to ensurecommercial operations are optimised.
• Assist in the collection of information for all internal and external reportingensuring all obligations are met and audit requirements completed.
• Collaborate with the site manager, to review procedures and processesensuring efficiency and continual improvement of service delivery.
• Assist with Individual Support Planning and NDIS funding reviews,including the development of person-centred support activities that arerelevant to the workplace.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with people with a disability in an employment setting or direct support.
• Demonstrated ability to operate within a person-centred framework and applying the principles of social justice.
• Ability to be flexible and agile in the workplace - move from one priority to another.
• A genuine commitment to the purpose and values of the organisation, demonstrating an ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in using current MS Office programs (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to engage with and collaborate effectively with external internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in training, coaching, and developing people with disabilities.