Full job description
- Competitive base salary + salary packaging
- Ongoing training and support in a fun and friendly workplace
- A not-for-profit with 50+ years supporting people with disability
About the Role:
We are seeking a motivated, innovative & proactive individual to join our Youth Employment Assistance team on a Casual basis. This position will assist participants and school leavers to achieve their employment goals and social inclusion under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) through one to one servicing with a key focus towards building capacity towards employment. They will require strong networking, organisational and communication skills to create successful relationships amongst a variety of stakeholders. These stakeholders may include but are not limited to school leavers, current participants, educators, internal and external stakeholders, parents, carers and advocates.
Your key responsibilities are:
- Build a professional relationship with participants at differing stages in their employment journey
- Provide a positive and supportive environment for people with disability to assist them with reaching their goals of finding and sustaining employment
- Creating an individual support plan and a 12 week plan that outlines the participants journey towards finding and keeping a job
- Create and seek opportunities that enables an individual to reach their own potential as a valued member of their community in line with their NDIS goals, inclusive of work experience activities.
- Facilitate individual and group activities, using a variety of enabling styles including but not limited to job readiness skills, volunteering / work experience, and confidence building
- Ensure efficiency and compliance with administrative processes in line with organisational policies, procedures, legislative requirements and guidelines from the National Disability Insurance Agency
- Maintain data integrity and efficiently manage workload; prioritising tasks and ensuring all work is completed within designated time frames