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Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland:

Your part in our UnitingCare team:

The Job Coach is responsible for supporting the achievement of high-quality employment outcomes for young people with a disability through delivery of UnitingCares Project SEARCH Transition-to-Work Program.

The Project SEARCH program is a unique business-led one-year employment preparation program that takes place entirely at a Host Workplace. This role will see you:

• Develop effective networks and partnerships both internally and externally with all Project SEARCH stakeholders that will support the achievement of quality client outcomes

• Work in partnership with the leadership team and host sites developing a range of
  internships designed to teach Interns competitive and marketable skills that
  are transferrable to jobs within the community

• Work with the leadership team to identify assess and select eligible young
  people with a disability to participate in the Project SEARCH program

• Complete a range of assessments to determine Intern capacity support
  requirements and areas for skill development

• Provide employment preparation training and a range of vocational and non-
  vocational interventions to assist Interns to manage employment related
  barriers and develop their skills

• Provide individualised on-the-job support to each Intern during the internship
  rotation to facilitate the development of competitive and marketable skills

• Achieve Job Placement Key Performance Indicators by undertaking employer
  engagement activities to secure post program employment opportunities

• Build and maintain relationships with follow on services such as Disability
  Employment Service providers to assist each intern transition in to open employment

• Maintain data collection processes and information systems to ensure quality
  and responsiveness of service delivery including timely completion of a range
  of administrative and reporting functions relevant to the role

• Work within relevant quality and risk frameworks and guidelines in accordance with
  NDIS Practice Standards to ensure delivery of high-quality services

What makes a difference for us

• Certificate IV in Employment Services Disability Services Community Services or other relevant qualification (or lesser formal qualification with experience in a similiar role)

• Demonstrated experience in successful culturally sensitive case management and planning practices related to people with a disability

• High level written and verbal communication skills demonstrated by the ability to relate well to all people

• Ability to work effectively and constructively across a range of stakeholders including the business sector community members and organisations.

• Existing robust connections within the sector capable of opening doors and securing post program employment opportunities for Interns.

• Demonstrated understanding of the NDIS environment funding and reporting models service delivery models and quality service frameworks.

• Demonstrated understanding of key legislation at the Federal and State levels that impact on service delivery for Disability and Employment Services.

• Current Drivers Licence Positive BlueCard & NDIS Worker Screening Check and Senior First Aid Certificate

Please ensure to upload your resume and a cover letter via our online application portal. Incomplete applications may not be considered.

What makes a difference for you

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response the protection of vulnerable children financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in peoples lives.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others

• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme; for eligible employees.

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our Family and Disability Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their childrens developmental educational health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.

Child safe Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming safe & nurturing services for children

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.