Disability Support Needs Assessor (Trauma‑Informed)

DFP Recruitment; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 84,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid WFH up to 3 days a week

Job summary

DFP Recruitment is seeking experienced professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred support needs assessments for people living with disability. You will gather information, analyse evidence, and prepare clear reports to support decision-making, using trauma-informed and culturally-safe approaches.

You will conduct assessments, communicate with participants and families, and collaborate across teams to ensure coordinated outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting support needs assessments or similar person-centred assessments.
• Strong analytical, report writing and decision-making capability.
• Commitment to inclusive, accessible and culturally-safe practice.
• Trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to participant engagement.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical practice.
• Experience working within disability, health, allied health or community services environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct support needs assessments through guided conversations and information gathering.
• Analyse and synthesise participant information and external evidence to support evidence-based outcomes.
• Prepare clear, accurate and defensible written assessment reports.
• Apply policy, legislation and procedures using sound judgement and ethical practice.
• Communicate assessment processes and outcomes clearly across virtual and face-to-face settings.
• Escalate complex or high-risk matters appropriately and contribute to continuous service improvement.
• Collaborate across teams to support coordinated and inclusive participant outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records using digital systems while ensuring privacy and confidentiality.

Skills

Assessment experience

Interviewing

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Report writing

Decision-making

Education

Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy

Speech Pathology

Social Work

Dietetics

Exercise Physiology

Rehabilitation Counselling

Counselling

Psychotherapy

Nursing (RN or EN)

Education (clinical background)

Behaviour Support

Job description

DFP Recruitment is seeking experienced professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred support needs assessments for people living with disability. You will gather information, analyse evidence, and prepare clear reports to support decision-making, using trauma-informed and culturally-safe approaches.

You will conduct assessments, communicate with participants and families, and collaborate across teams to ensure coordinated outcomes.