NDIS Service Coordinator

Highly regarded disability services organisation
Key individual/family liaison and team leadership role
NFP – Ballarat base

The Organisation:
InLife is a rapidly growing, financially healthy social enterprise working to improve the lives of people with disability. They are technology focused and innovative, with a start-up culture and super-supportive team focused on creating an amazing experience for their clients and team.

The Role:
The NDIS Service Coordinator is responsible for planning and leading support for people with disabilities within their home, shared accommodation and in the community to enable them to achieve their goals and live fulfilling lives. NDIS Service Coordinators lead a team of support workers responsible for maintaining an environment that empowers people with a disability. 

Reporting to the Client Service Manager – you will:

• Ensure support to a small caseload of individual clients in their homes is delivered in a manner consistent with the values of InLife Independent Living
• Mentoring, providing leadership on a day to day basis to the team
• Liaising with and developing relationships with external stakeholders including client’s families, allied health professionals and support coordinators
• Data reporting in line with individual plans
• Day to day financial management
• Client health and wellbeing tracking, ensuring follow up and individual appointments
• Supporting clients to work towards goals
• Using Workplace to share and communicate information for each client team
• Ensure the team maintain all required reporting
• Managing/maintaining the physical premises and as required activities associated with the house.
• Undertaking shifts doing direct support work as per client plans and in consultation with your manager
• Hold regular client team meetings according to client needs

The Person:
You’ll be driven and show genuine passion for building capability within your team. In addition, you:

• are a natural influencer; modeling a positive attitude, professional conduct and unwavering commitment to quality outcomes and service delivery for staff, individuals with disability and the community
• enjoy working with a high performing group of colleagues and peers and accept responsibility and accountability
• are tech savvy and comfort with using and/or learning our cloud-based apps
• for things like rostering and incident reporting
• are self-motivated, well organised and resourceful.
• possess a high level of integrity, passion and reliability
• are an advocate for independence 
• have a positive track record supporting people with complex presentations including intellectual disabilities, complex health and physical disabilities 
• Possess Relevant qualifications and/or experience in Community Services/Case Management (or equivalent)
• are experienced in leading a team and supervising the work of others
• possess a current Victorian Driver’s License

The Offer:
The NDIS Service Coordinator position is offered on a permanent basis at a competitive salary plus superannuation. In addition, you will be able to access attractive PBI/NFP salary packaging.

If you have exceptional skills in the above areas and are looking for a new and exciting challenge, please click the ‘Apply’ tab below to submit your resume in Word format. To confidentially discuss this role further, please feel free to call Alex Cooper from Johnson Recruitment on 0472 510 848.

This is a retained, exclusive assignment and any direct applications or referrals will be forwarded to Johnson Recruitment.