• Location: Regional Victoria
• Tenure: Full time
• Recruitment Number 10539

About us:

Golden City Support Services (GCSS) is a recognised leader and approved provider of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in providing disability supports to people with a range of support needs, their family and carers. These include services to people with a disability and people recovering from mental illness. Our focus is on the individuals as a valued member of the wider community. The support we provide enables people to live in and be part of their own communities; with an opportunity to develop their own independence, personal ambitions, personal relationships and abilities.

About the position

We are currently expanding our Support Coordination team at Golden City Support Services. In this role, you will actively support participants to build on their skills and work with them to increase their ability to access their local community and achieve greater independence. You will work with participants of the NDIS to implement their NDIS plan.

The GCSS Support Coordinator assists NDIS participants to strengthen their abilities to connect to informal, mainstream and funded supports, in a complex service delivery environment. This includes resolving points of crisis, developing capacity and resilience in a participant’s network and coordinating supports from a range of sources.

About you

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• An ability to build rapport and engage with families/people we support and other stakeholders.
• Collecting information and assessing issues
• An ability to plan, evaluate, implement and work towards outcomes.
• An extensive understanding of the disability and mental health sectors in general and the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) in particular
• An ability to work collaboratively with participants to source unique and individually tailored support solutions this will include innovative solutions for complex support requirements.
• An ability to build and maintain community connections.
• Strong communication and networking skills

Benefits of working at GCSS

• Competitive remuneration: negotiable depending on skill set – NFP salary packaging, including meal and entertainment
• Flexible working conditions
• Family friendly workplace
• Training and development opportunities
• GCSS Fleet cars available to use when meeting with participants
• Employee Assistance Program

How to apply

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To obtain a copy of the position description please go to the positions vacant section under careers of the Golden City Support Services website https://www.gcss.org.au/careers/positions-vacant/.

A position description is attached.