Senior Local Area Coordinator - NDIS LAC PITC

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Local Area Coordinator - NDIS LAC PITC. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Carers Queensland is a NDIS Partner delivering the NDIS in your Community
• Full-time position of 76 hours contracted to 30 June 2019
• Chance to join an organisation that is making a difference

Do you have community development experience in the community care sector?

• Carers Queensland is a NDIS Partner delivering the NDIS in your community 
• Ipswich location
• Full-time positon of 76 hours per fortnight contracted to 30 June 2019
• Chance to join an organisation that is making a difference to the local community

Creating a Life of Quality for those Dedicated to Caring for Others

With one in every eight Australians caring for a family member or friend, Carers Queensland is committed to providing highly specialised information, training, coordination and support services.

For almost 30 years, Carers Queensland has been working to advance the profile of unpaid carers, advocating for services and enhancing outcomes for families. With a foundation in evidence and research, we strive to support those who are disconnected through high-quality, individualised programs.

Our objective is to ensure carers achieve their goals, enhance their relationships, and can move forward with a life based on their own decisions and choices.

We Believe in Equality and Innovation

Carers Queensland is dedicated to addressing unmet need across the community. We want to work with people who are:

• Passionate and genuinely care about making a difference
• Flexible, resilient, and respectful
• Empathetic and compassionate
• Driven to achieve and open to new ways of thinking

About the Role

The Senior Local Area Coordinator will be joining the already established and successful Ipswich NDIS team.  This position will deliver the NDIS LAC PITC program in the Ipswich Service Area, providing information and support to participants, families and carers to develop, record and implement their NDIS Plan and build community inclusion and capacity.

We offer an attractive remuneration package paying CSW5.1 $40.24 per hour, $79,769.14 per annum excluding Superannuation as well as salary packaging benefits

How to Apply

Please submit your Resume and cover letter via Seek addressing the following key selection criteria:

• Minimum Certificate III in Disability or similar
• Demonstrated experience working the human services sector
• Demonstrated experience in developing support plans or similar
• High level communication skills both written and verbal
• Demonstrated experience of working with persons with complex support needs
• Demonstrated ability to provide a person centred approach to service provision and social inclusion
• The ability to support individuals, families and carers to gain the skills, confidence & expertise required to plan for their future

Application close at 5.00pm on Sunday 29 July 2018

The position description and the full key selection criteria are available via our website http://carersqld.com.au/job-vacancies. For more information please contact Krissie Hetherington by emailing [email protected].

Carers Queensland is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce that reflects the diverse needs of the people we support.  Carers Queensland is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people with a disability, and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and the LGBTIQ community. Carers Queensland encourages applicants to advise this information in their cover letter, so that we can meet the needs of each applicant.  Carers Queensland actively seeks to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients.