Job Placement Consultant

IPAR; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to health and wellness programs

Employee Referral Program with monetary incentives

Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support

Diversity & Inclusion committees participation

Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport

Job summary

A leading occupational rehabilitation provider in Melbourne is seeking a Job Placement Consultant to assist clients facing health challenges in finding meaningful employment. The role involves collaborating with health professionals and local employers to empower clients and support their return to work. Candidates should possess experience in rehabilitation or employment services and a strong desire to help others. This full-time position offers opportunities for career development and participation in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Occupational and/or Vocational Rehabilitation is highly desirable.
• Strong resume writing skills with an understanding of local labour market.
• A passion for assisting people to gain employment and enhance their careers.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with injured workers and employers.
• Empower clients to present their skills effectively.
• Broker new employment opportunities in Melbourne.

Skills

Experience in Occupational Rehabilitation

Strong resume writing skills

Customer service in employment services

Relationship building

Empathy and support for clients

Education

Degree in a related field

Job description

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IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes through the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day.

Why joins us?

• Access to IPAR’s health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers
• IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentives for successfully recommending great talent!
• Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun!
• A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
• Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee.
• Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport, Travel Perks, Discounted Health Insurance, Novated Leasing, Salary Packaging, EAP, Parental & Purchased Leave.
  
  

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes through the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day.

Why joins us?

• Access to IPAR’s health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers
• IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentives for successfully recommending great talent!
• Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun!
• A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
• Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee.
• Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport, Travel Perks, Discounted Health Insurance, Novated Leasing, Salary Packaging, EAP, Parental & Purchased Leave.
  
  

Job Description

Step into a rewarding career and become part the Melbourne New Employment Services team who are passionate about support people with their return health, work & life goals!

As a Job Placement Consultant, you’ll help people facing health challenges find new employment opportunities and support them in returning to meaningful & sustainable work to live the best life they can!

This role will be required to service a caseload across our East & South East Melbourne region.

Your duties will include:

• Work collaboratively with injured workers, potential employers, and your internal team of allied health professionals to provide safe, sustainable opportunities for workers to re-enter the workforce;
• Contribute to injured workers ability to achieve return to work goals through job skills development, confidence building and promoting independence;
• Apply and deliver customer service in employment services and job placement;
• Empower clients to effectively present their skills and abilities when seeking employment;
• Broker new employment opportunities in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and surrounds, which in turn provide a swift re-engagement into employment for workers who have been detached from the workplace due to a workplace injury (physical and/or psychological);
• Build strong relationships with local employers and organisations;
• Complete written progress and various other reports on a regular basis.
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience in Occupational and/ or Vocational Rehabilitation is highly desirable
• Previous experience in Employment Services / Disability Employment as a high performer
• Strong resume writing skills with an understanding of local labour market;
• A passion for assisting people to gain employment and enhance their careers;
• The ability to grow our services and build strong relationships with key customers;
• Current driver licence and motor vehicle.

New team members are matched up with a buddy and enjoy comprehensive induction and employee assistance programs combined by ongoing workplace mentoring. Clearly defined career development pathways are aligned with a competitive remuneration package, including bonus and incentive schemes and salary packaging options are available.

We have a robust "promote from within" culture and secondment opportunities keep life interesting and challenging for our employees. If social events and activities are your thing, we have plenty to choose from too!

Additional Information

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community and each other.

Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here, and what is important to them.

Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive. We’re accountable, approachable and authentic, lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.

Big Hearts - We’re here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.

Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let’s find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts, insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role [quoting REF6900S] or if you want to express your interest in a career with IPAR, please contact our Talent Acquisition Lead, Grant Devlin on 0474 740 466.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.

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