Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 26th May 2020
CoAbility is the leading independent NDIS Support Coordination providing in Victoria.
We are a family-run, values-based organisation with a team of over 40 passionate Support Coordinators and Specialist Support Coordinators, committed to delivering person-centred support and outcomes that make an invaluable, positive impact on the lives of the people we support.
The key to our success is our ability to make navigating the NDIS as stress free as possible. By encouraging out clients to exercise their choice and control at every opportunity and our diligence in putting our clients first, we are able to create a truly tailored service achieving positive outcomes and reaching goals.
The role of the Specialist Support Coordinator is to provide Support Coordination within a specialist framework, necessitated by specific high level risks in the participant's situation.
This support is time limited and focuses on addressing barriers and reducing complexity in the support environment, while assisting the participant to connect with supports and build capacity and resilience.
By using a community development approach, the Specialist Support Coordinator will build their local knowledge of the available services and will seek to encourage a recovery orientated approach by these services.
The successful applicant will bring solid experience in the community services environment. In particular, they will bring support coordination skills and stakeholder engagement ability and demonstrate an understanding of how best to access, advocate for, and maintain services for participants living with a disability/psychosocial disability who have complex needs. This experience will be complimented by excellent report writing skills and a keen and dedicated commitment to supporting recovery and improving outcomes for people living with disability/psychosocial disability in our community.
You will work with participants, their informal support networks, and collaborate with community partner organisations in order to achieve the participant's goals.
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CoAbility are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome, actively support and promote the employment of people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTQIA+, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and other diversity groups.