NDIS Support Coordinator

OnSide Support Coordination; City of Frankston; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role

4-day workweek option after probation

kms travelled reimbursement

Home office setup - laptop, screen, i)

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working model

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

OnSide Support Coordination in Frankston is seeking a dedicated Support Coordinator to help clients navigate their NDIS plans and access community services. This permanent role offers flexible work patterns, with 1–2 days per week from home, 1–2 days visiting clients, and 1 day at an office location to collaborate with the team.

You will coordinate supports across providers, build client capacity, and monitor funding budgets, assisting people of different ages to achieve their goals.

Qualifications

• Ability to build relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to set priorities and manage time.
• Desire to make a difference.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance.
• Current driver’s licence and insured vehicle.
• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Completed the NDIS Worker Orientation training: Quality, Safety and You.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to build capacity and understand the NDIS.
• Coordinate supports across multiple providers.
• Plan coordination to enable greater independence across life domains.
• Work within funding levels and monitor budgets for each client.
• Gather and document information for evidence-based reports and updates.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to coordinate service delivery toward NDIS goals.

Skills

Relationship building

Organisation

Time management

Client service

NDIS Worker Screening

Driver's license

Eligibility to work

NDIS Orientation

Job description

OnSide Support Coordination – Frankston VIC

OnSide offers dedicated Support Coordination services for people with an National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan.

We connect clients to their communities and engage relevant providers to enable them to thrive.

Our team of Support Coordinators are NDIS experts, supporting our clients to navigate through the NDIS and their NDIS plan to deliver the best outcomes.

About You

If you live and breathe equality and are passionate about making the world a more inclusive and accessible place for all, becoming an OnSide Support Coordinator is the right role for you.

We’re looking for a collaborative, resourceful and client-oriented team player with exceptional organisation and client service skills to join our team.

With current client demand, we’re looking for the successful candidates to commence on 8 October.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• To be great at building relationships
• Awesome organisational skills
• To be able to set priorities and manage your time effectively
• The desire to make a difference
• An NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance
• A Current Driver’s license and well-maintained vehicle that meets current safety standards with comprehensive car insurance
• Eligibility to work in Australia
• To have completed the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission online Worker Orientation training module called ‘Quality, Safety and You’ prior to your commencement.

About the role

This is a permanent role available full time or part time (0.8 FTE minimum). You will be joining a national service that has been successfully operating since 2017.

As a Support Coordinator with OnSide you will provide varying levels of coordination and transition supports for children, young people and adults.

Working from each client’s NDIS plan you’ll support them to gather the resources and services they need, to support them to achieve their goals.

Flexible work arrangements! Our work pattern generally includes 1-2 days per week working from your home office, 1-2 days per week visiting clients in the community and 1 day per week at one of our office locations to enable collaboration with the team.

These positions are commencing soon due to ongoing demand for our services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the OnSide clients to build their capacity, while supporting their understanding of the NDIS and supporting their choice and control in implementing their NDIS plan goals.
• Coordinate a range of supports to suit clients needs across multiple providers
• Coordinate client’s plan to enable greater independence across all domains of their life
• Work within funding levels associated with each client (continually track, monitor, and report funding budgets)
• Continually gather and document relevant information about clients from other services for the development of evidence-based reports and updates
• Liaise and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to establish a mutual goal of coordinating service delivery and developing effective linkages relevant to the achievement of a client’s NDIS goals

Benefits & Culture

OnSide is focused on your well-being, professional and personal growth, whether you’ve worked in the disability sector for decades or you’re newer to the industry. OnSide offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity, which will drive you to achieve your goals.

As a member of the OnSide team some of the benefits you will receive include:

• Stability and security of a permanent role along with the opportunity to be part of a team
• The ability to apply to work full time hours across 4 days per week, after your qualifying period
• Reimbursement for kms travelled for client contact
• Home office fit out - laptop, additional screen & mobile phone and headset provided
• Supportive and structured professional development process with career development opportunities
• A flexible working model that enables work/life balance
• Access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.

OnSide is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring a safe environment. We encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, the LGTBQIA+ community and people with a disability.