Ndis, Coordinator

• 15 month full-time max-term maternity leave role with the possibility of extension
• Opportunity to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation
• Not-for-Profit salary packaging tax free benefits!

Your Role

As the NDIS Coordinator, ensure that a consistent, high-quality service is delivered in line with NDIS standards and requirements. Guide employees with disabilities through their daily work tasks, providing further on-the-job coaching, support, and mentoring to build participants' capability to meet their employment goals.

Your Responsibility

• Develop goals, training, and transition plans in consultation with process workers and support workers.
• Engage internal support functions to assist supported employees in attaining and maintaining organisational compliance and contribute to the organisation's accessibility and DIAP outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate wage and capacity assessments are completed, in addition to risk assessments (including behaviour support plans) to ensure safety and a safe work environment.
• Oversee the coordination of data collection within the service, including reviewing daily, ensuring compliance with current legislative and NDIS registration requirements and organisational processes. Maintain accurate and complete records of participant engagement in work using the client management system.
• Contribute to a safe working environment for members, staff, and volunteers by implementing the Society’s workplace health and safety practices.

You Will Need

• Relevant qualifications and/or demonstrated experience in community services and/or other relevant areas.
• NDIS New Worker Screening and the Certificate of completion for The NDIS Worker Orientation Module – Quality, Safety & You or willingness to obtain the Certificate of completion.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, including cultural sensitivity and cross-cultural communication.
• Experience working with challenging and diverse client groups with the ability to use sound judgement and act appropriately in crisis and emergency situations.
• High level of computer literacy.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.

Apply Now

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now; we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs, and applicants of all ages.

If you are a candidate with a disability, please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation; further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check and Working with Children check. A health/medical assessment may be required for some roles.