[1/10/2025] Disability Service Coordinator

Overview

Disability Service Coordinator to manage Supported Independent Living homes in Loganlea, Pimpima and Wooloowin. As Disability Service Coordinator, you will coordinate services and lead practice at a site level, providing supervision, on the ground role-modelling, coaching and support for staff as well as supports to the clients. You will be responsible for building a culture of service excellence in a high intensity disability service in the Southern Suburbs of Brisbane.

Why Join Team Achieve? Achieve Australia takes deliberate steps to hire people from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. We believe this diversity of people makes Achieve a great place to work and better able to deliver quality services to the people we support. We are passionate about inclusion for everyone – our staff and the people we support. We encourage people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, abilities and those who identify with a disability to apply for our roles. Your unique skills and ideas are highly valued by us. Achieve is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.

At Achieve Australia, we put the people we support at the centre of everything we do. As a ‘for purpose’ organisation, we/'re more than just a workplace. We are a community passionate about bringing inclusion to life for people with disability.

What reasonable adjustments can we make to our recruitment process to welcome you? We want to meet the best candidates for our jobs. Please email careers@achieveaustralia.org.au or call us on 02 9066-5550 to discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make so you can take part in our recruitment process and/or visit one of our sites.

Key Responsibilities:

- Coordinate day to day operations of group homes or day programs including household accounts, staffing costs, and program activities.
- Initial escalation person for site team members.
- Ensure all mandatory reports are provided on time.
- Drive Supported Independent Living development with team members.
- Ensure properties are maintained to appropriate standards.

About you

- Minimum Cert IV in Disability or Individual Support, or equivalent experience in disability support.
- Experience managing and supervising staff and client outcomes in multiple accommodation settings.
- Demonstrated understanding of the NDIS, principles of active support and human rights-based approach to service delivery.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proficient computer literacy in MS Office Suite and online systems.
- Practical experience in achieving community inclusion.
- Ability to transport clients in Achieve Australia vehicles (automatic gearbox) across the region. Candidates without a current QLD driver’s licence are subject to a risk assessment.

What Sets Us Apart

Our Commitment

At Achieve, it/'s more than a job. Our dedicated staff make a positive difference to the people we support each day and in turn, we support our staff. We value our team in an environment where everyone can proudly be themselves. We embrace diversity, recognising the richness that different life experiences, languages, and cultures bring to our clients and to Achieve as an organisation.

Great employee benefits

- Salary packaging options mean you keep more of your take home pay before tax.
- Car leasing is another salary packaging option.
- Free personal and financial counselling for you and your family.
- Range of paid leave and flexible work arrangements.
- Support for a healthy lifestyle, including fitness memberships and wellness programs.
- Regular training and support to succeed in your role.
- A strong record of promoting from within.

Do you need more information?

Role description – If you would like a copy of the role description, please email our team on careers@achieveaustralia.org.au

About Achieve: visit our website on www.achieveaustralia.org.au to learn more about us.

Do you have any questions about this role or need any support applying for the role? email careers@achieveaustralia.org.au or call 02 9066-5550 and we will be in contact with you.

Achieve Australia is committed to safer recruitment practices, which safeguard and promote the welfare of the people we support, and staff are expected to share this commitment. To achieve this, your application may be subject to pre-employment checks including reference checks, a Police check, NDIS Worker Check, Working with Children check, right to work in Australia check. Please note criminal history does not immediately affect employment opportunities.

How to apply: To register your interest, please click ‘Apply Now’ and provide a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Apply For Job

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