NDIS Support Coordinator (Gladstone)

About the role

Mercy Community Disability Service team have an opportunity for a passionate NDIS Support Coordinator. This is a Permanent Full-Time position located in Gladstone and provides support to participants within the Gladstone region.

A Support Coordinator works directly with people living with disability and their families, to coordinate, manage and maximise their NDIS plan.  You will truly make a difference in helping to enable greater independence across all domains of an individual's life.

$85,126 - $91,588 annually (SCHADS L4) plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available

What you’ll be doing

As a Support Coordinator, your key duties will include:

• Support participants to understand and create their NDIS plan, goals and funding access
• Plan and coordinate participants to access support services in accordance with their allocated NDIS funds/budgets
• Connect, establish and maintain participants with support services to pursue/achieve their goals
• Use NDIS systems and processes to achieve the most of NDIS plans for the participant
• Monitor, support, track and review participants NDIS plans/goals
• Complete and provide reports to the NDIA with outcomes and success indicators relating to the participants plan/goals

About you

To be successful in the role, you will possess: 

• Experience as a NDIS Support Coordinator (highly desired)
• Hold a current Queensland Blue Card (or willing to apply)
• Hold a current NDIS Workers Screening Clearance (or willing to apply)
• Hold a current QLD Drivers Licence and have your own vehicle (mandatory)

If you are an organised, problem-solver, driven individual ready to make a change for our NDIS participants in our community, APPLY NOW! 

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors

• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Employee referral bonus incentive
• Cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

Applications close Friday 20 September 2024. Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date so not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.