This is a Team Coordinator role where you will use your NDIS and mental health knowledge and experience to lead a team of NDIS Support Workers. The key functions of the role include:
- intake and development of Service Agreements with participants
- Day to day leadership of the NDIS Core Support team, including supervision of Support Worker staff.
- Ensuring a high level of service delivery to participants, carers, and their families
- Identifying, monitoring and mitigating client and worker risks
Our team of Support Workers are passionate about creating lasting changes for our NDIS participants. We work closely with our participants and our team members encourage and learn from each other to stay up to date with sector changes. The Coordinator, NDIS Core Supports works closely with the Roster team to ensure the best and most efficient service delivery. Mentis Assist has a supportive workplace culture with dedication to ongoing staff professional development and wellbeing.
Mentis Assist embraces diversity, and welcomes people from all cultures, communities and life experiences including lived experience of a mental health diagnosis to apply for job roles.
We offer:
- meaningful work in a supportive, vibrant and dedicated team
- commitment to positive work culture, with regular team building activities
- training and professional development
- opportunities to shape the role and processes at team planning meetings
We are looking for someone who has:
- qualifications in community services, mental health, social work, nursing or other allied health practice
- previous leadership role with NDIS experience or understanding
- a strong understanding of the needs of people living with a psychosocial disability
- a person-centered strengths based approach to service delivery
- excellent time management, budgeting and administrative skills
We highly regard:
- lived experience living with, or supporting someone with a mental health diagnosis
- the ability to think innovatively and creatively to help clients achieve their NDIS plan goals
- the ability to collaborate and negotiate with multiple stakeholders
APPLICANTS MUST FIRST VIEW THE POSITION DESCRIPTION. To access the position description as well as information about how to apply please visit our website http://mentisassist.org.au/work-with-us/current vacancies
APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT ADDRESS THE KEY SELECTION CRITERIA IN WRITING AS FOUND IN THE POSITION DESCRIPTION WILL NOT BE SHORTLISTED.
All successful applicants are subject to a National Police Check, Working with Children Check, and NDIS Worker Check. NDIS Worker Checks can be applied for on the Services Victoria website. Applicants without an NDIS Worker Check will not be employed by Mentis Assist. Because we work with vulnerable participants, evidence of full COVID 19 vaccination including boosters is required.
Applications can be forwarded to [email protected] before the closing date of Monday 31 October 2022.
For more information contact Jayne Parish, Services Manager on 5970 5000.