This is a residential Kalgoorlie Boulder position, only applicants already residing in the Goldfields will be contacted.

About us

Goldfields Individual and Family Support Association (GIFSA) is an organisation that supports people with disabilities, those who care for them, and their families. We are not-for-profit, non- government, and community based. 

GIFSA's aim is to be the local service provider of choice through excellence by "Celebrating Life's Journey". We do this by supporting individuals and their families to live a good life by providing person centric services that are tailored to their individual needs and aspirations. 

About the opportunity

With our organisation's expansion, we are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced Coordinator – Individualised Services to become part of our current team at the leading disability support organisation in the Goldfields region of Kalgoorlie. This position is offered on a full-time basis.

Within this role you will be responsible for managing a range of support services to assist people with disabilities to live the “good life”.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure positive relationships are developed and maintained with the people we support and the relevant stakeholders in their life in order to implement and continuously improve their individualised support services. 
• Encourage and promote choice and control for the people we support
• Facilitate opportunities for people to be valued members of their community whilst ensuring strategies within their Individual Plan are aligned with their goals and aspirations to achieve their desired outcomes
• Provide leadership and mentoring to support staff who come from varied cultural backgrounds with a range of different life experiences

Essential skills and experience

• Well-developed advocacy skills
• Ability to build and nurture relationships at a personal, organisational and community level
• Effectively manage and implement medically developed care plan requirements as directed by qualified professionals and specialists
• Demonstrated computer skills including working knowledge of databases, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word 

What we can offer

In addition to a competitive salary, GIFSA also provides access to salary packaging benefits, as a not-for-profit organisation this benefit allows you to contribute up to $15,900 of your pre-tax salary each year toward personal expenses such as mortgage or rent payments, bills and groceries. 

Being part of the GIFSA Team means you are part of something bigger than yourself. You will be working with passionate, friendly, supportive people committed to working together to assist Goldfields - Esperance individuals and families live independently within the community.