Disability Support Coordinator - APM Communities

APM Communities; Fraser Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Fraser Coast Regional seeks a Local Area Coordinator to assist individuals with disabilities and their families in navigating the NDIS. Key responsibilities include collaboration with participants to set goals, linking them to community resources, and enhancing local awareness of support options. Ideal candidates will have strong empathy, experience in planning supportive outcomes, and computer proficiency. Join a diverse team dedicated to making a positive impact in people's lives.

Benefits

Ability to purchase additional leave

Support for personal development

Qualifications

• Demonstrated relevant experience and/or lived experience.
• Experience in planning with people to achieve collaborative outcomes.
• Knowledge of available options for social & economic participation.
• Capability to hold a Working with Children and/or a Vulnerable People Check.

Responsibilities

• Assist people with disabilities to apply for NDIS supports.
• Collaborate with participants to develop goals.
• Connect people with disabilities to community support.
• Support participants with NDIS engagement.
• Improve community knowledge of NDIS.

Skills

Empathy

Relationship building

Planning

Community knowledge

Computer skills

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

In these Local Area Coordination roles, working in the region of Pialba, you will be responsible for assisting people with disability, their families, and their carers to build and pursue their goal to live their best life, exercise choice and control, and engage with the National Disability Insurance Scheme – Partners in Community.

Responsibilities

• Assisting people with ‘permanent and significant’ disability to apply for NDIS supports.
• Collaborating with participants to develop goals
• Connecting people with disabilities to support within the local community
• Supporting participants to navigate and optimise their engagement with the NDIS
• Improving community knowledge of the NDIS and creating new opportunities to connect participants to services and support
• Meeting identified contractual KPIs

How to be successful in this role

You are an approachable, positive, passionate, and respectful person who can build and nurture relationships easily and confidently. Strong personal values based on empathy and compassion, you understand the diverse needs of individuals within your local community and can coach, counsel, and connect people to identify and achieve the positive outcomes they desire.

Requirements

• Demonstrated relevant experience and / or lived experience
• Experience in planning with people to achieve collaborative outcomes
• Knowledge of the local community and the available options for social & economic participation for people with disability
• Demonstrated computer skills including capability with Microsoft Office 365
• Currently hold or able to hold a Working with Children and or a Vulnerable People Check

Be rewarded for your success

Performance is part of our culture as is flexible working and variety. Joining an international human services organisation that has a growth mindset, you will have access to :

• Ability to purchase additional leave
• Commitment and support to your individualized personal development

Ready to Join?

As part of your application process, please include a cover letter and your latest CV. In your Cover Letter, we’d like you to answer the following two (2) questions :

• Why do you believe you are suitable to be a Local Area Coordinator with APM?
• What value will you add to the role and to the participants?

Please keep your cover letter to 1 page maximum.

Click APPLY now and complete your application through our online recruitment platform.

Applications will be reviewed from the 6th of January 2026.

About APM Group

We’re a diverse team of over 16,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose - to enable better lives. Our purpose is the common thread that lives in everything we do, and it starts with enabling better lives for our employees and their families too.

Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing, and increased social participation.

When you join APM, there’s an opportunity to grow your career in Human Services, across multiple global brands and geographies. You can expect a great work-life balance, extensive learning opportunities, networking programs and employee benefits. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others, who rely on our services.

At APM we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures including indigenous peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with a disability.