About the role

• Full Time position available
• Ongoing contract available at Salisbury

As a Specialist Support Coordinator with Me Well your mission will be to empower and support people in the community living with mental illness and to assist customers in getting the most out of life.

Customers will already have been setup with a funded NDIS package, it will be your job to interpret the package and work with the customers to develop a plan to progress them towards their life goals. With no two customers or plans being the same this is a role with lots of variety. In the morning you might be out meeting with a customer to discuss their progress, in the afternoon you are on the phone to a psychologist making sure they are getting the help they need.

Taking a holistic approach to working with customers means you will be interacting daily with formal supports (community/health providers), informal supports (friends/family members) as well as the customer directly. In addition to your role as coach and advocate you will also be tracking budgets, writing progress reports, liaising with the NDIA and making sure everything is running to plan.

Requirements

As a Specialist Support Coordinator your excellent people skills coupled with your ability to coordinate and manage competing priorities will ensure your success in this role.

Must be suitably qualified and registered Allied Health Professional with their respective registration body (eg, AASW for Social Worker).

Your kindness, patience and persistence along with your calm resilience will help you overcome the obstacles of day to day support coordination and stay cool under pressure. Taking a coaching approach to all your interactions you understand that helping people to help themselves is an important part of empowering customers.

You will be the kind of person that can get a little creative and come up with innovative ways to help customers on their path to recovery. In addition to the people side of the role you will also have excellent administration skills, strong computer literacy, report writing and financial management abilities.

Why you should come work with us:

Backed by Neami National (one of Australia's most respected service providers in the mental health sector) Me Well is a national Not-For-Profit organisation setup specifically to provide services under the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Joining Me Well now in the early roll out stage means you will be working with us to shape how services will be delivered under the new scheme

This will be a challenging role but offers great opportunities for learning, development and career progression as the organisation rapidly expands over the next 12 months. As a Not-For-Profit you will be working for an organisation that values people from all walks of life with rich and varied skills from all sectors and professional backgrounds.

Me Well also offers generous salary packaging with up to $15,900+ in tax free pay per FBT year for full time and part time positions. If you are passionate about making a real, tangible difference in people's lives, Me Well is the place for you.

For a complete position overview, please refer to the Position Description located below.

For enquiries: Brendan Livingston, Service Manager: 0438 142 980

We celebrate multidisciplinary teams and value the rich skills and experiences brought by applicants from a range of sectors and professional backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.