The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society. 

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture. 

The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities. 

Your Role

As a Supports in Employment Coordinator, you will Coordinate, develop and facilitate activities, events and supports, to supported open employees, and stakeholders, to ensure that supported open employee goals are achieved.

Your Responsibility 

• Develop, coordinate, and facilitate evidence-based, person-centred programs, activities and events that build economic and social inclusion for people with disability, in line with participants’ goals.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for the purpose of building disability confidence, promoting inclusive working environments, profile raising, information and referral, program development and to achieve the best outcomes for the people we assist.
• Deliver workplace disability confidence training to potential employers.
• Develop materials and resources for participants, based on participants’ goals.
• Develop, implement, and maintain feedback and evaluation processes that promote participant participation and lead to processes of continuous improvement and quality practice. 

You Will Need

• Relevant qualification/s and/or demonstrated experience in disability, community services and/or educational program or other relevant area.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, including cultural sensitivity and cross-culture communication.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to confidently apply de-escalation strategies in challenging situations.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and facilitating programs, events and activities for people with disability and/or socially excluded / vulnerable groups of people
• NDIS Worker Screening and the certificate of completion for the NDIS Worker Orientation Module – or willingness to obtain certificate of completion.

Apply Now

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.