Employment Consultant

The Disability Trust is committed to providing highly professional care and support to people with disabilities and their families. Based in regional NSW and the ACT, The Disability Trust provides a wide range of services including Workskills who is one of our disability employment services.  Through this service The Disability Trust helps people with a disability find gainful, worthwhile and satisfying employment in the community.   

Workskills is dedicated to finding suitable jobs for people with disabilities who wish to work in open employment.  Since its inception in 1992, Workskills has built an enviable reputation for matching the needs of job seekers with the requirements of employers. It is a leading disability employment service in the Illawarra and is rated “high-performing” by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.  Workskills places people in a variety of roles including casual, part-time, full-time and apprenticeship positions. Our experienced team have excellent industry networks in many sectors including hospitality, retail, administration, building & construction, garden & landscaping, cleaning, aged & disability care and government agencies.

About the role:

An exciting opportunity for a permanent full-time Employment Consultant to be based in our Nowra office.  The right person will be positive, enthusiastic and customer focused in order to assist in providing life changing opportunities for our clients. You will work directly with our clients in job search, job placement, post placement support and marketing our service and job seekers to prospective employers. A daily focus will be empowering and motivating our clients on their employment pathway to success.

What we are looking for:

• Obtained or working towards a relevant Certificate IV (or Certificate III with 2 years relevant experience) within 12 months.
• Experience in the case management of people with disability or disadvantage and/or experience working with people with disability in other relevant contexts.
• Capacity to plan, coordinate and evaluate activities in relation to individual employment and/or training programs.
• Capacity to exercise substantial independent judgement within a framework of general supervision.
• Ability to work productively as a member of a team and contribute to team success.
• Ability to be outcome focused and achieve performance targets negotiated with management.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound computer literacy and data management skills.
• Valid Australian Driver’s Licence.
• A cleared Working with Children Check (WWCC).
• Current National Criminal History Check (cleared within the last 12 months).

We reward by providing:

• Great working culture! We know that everyone says that, but what sets us apart is the freedom, collaboration and strong managerial support from highly experienced leaders to find different ways to achieve individualised outcomes for our clients
• On the job training
• There are also individual development opportunities to assist you in reaching your own personal goals, which we believe is equally as important
• A strong focus on work life balance which means flexible working hours and a family friendly office
• Tax benefits for working for a Public Benevolent Institution

Interested? We thought so. So now…

Apply below and attach your resume. We will then go through your application and if you have the right experience, you will be invited to book yourself into an interview, so keep an eye on your emails. If you are ready for a challenging and exciting role within a highly successful team, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Close Date: COB 15 July 2018.