Des Job Coach

Company Description

Here at atWork Australia, we believe everyone deserves the chance to enjoy meaningful work, and that Australian businesses deserve to access the full talent pool. When it comes to disability, injury, health condition or disadvantage, the very strengths and skills that help people live with their circumstances are also skills that are highly valued in the workplace, like determination, dedication, resilience and compassion.

atWork Australia is a leading provider of employment services for the Australian Government. Every year, we help thousands of people living with disability, injury or health condition find meaningful work.

We strive to create a working environment that is supportive, friendly and focused on everyone working together as a team. We foster a fun yet high-performing culture, where we work together, collaborate, and help each other thrive

**Job Description**:
As a Job Coach, you’ll be responsible for the successful placement and transition of our Job Seekers into sustainable employment and education, or both. Your role will be to deliver a high quality, individually tailored service, placing people with local and national employers.

You will be at the forefront of our service, working one-on-one with Job Seekers to provide support for sustainable employment. Your responsibilities include:

- Motivating people to understand and trust their abilities and removing their perceived barriers
- Creating individually tailored plans
- Supporting people to find sustainable employment
- Building a network of local employers
- Advocating for people living with disability, injury or health condition

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following skills and experience:

- A passion for helping people living with disability
- The drive to advocate for others
- Organisational and time management skills
- Solid verbal and written communication skills
- Resilience in the face of setbacks
- Ability to build rapport and relationships
- Experience in hospitality, retail, customer service or sales (desired)
- Strong customer service skills
- A current driver's license
- Fluency in another language and culture (desired)

Additional Information

To attract and retain the best talent, atWork Australia provides their Job Coaches with a variety of career opportunities and employee benefits, internally and via our parent company, MedHealth. Whether it’s the above market salary package, car allowance, laptop and smart phone, or the continuing professional development, we invest in you.

If you have passion and drive, we can help you easily switch careers by supporting you with flexible and comprehensive training, and a range of benefits. As a Job Coach you can expect to receive:

- Competitive salary package + bonus
- Comprehensive training
- Continuing professional development and mentoring
- National career opportunities
- Part of a high performing team
- Tools and technology to get the job done
- Roadside assistance
- Team rewards and monthly team building activities
- Employee privileges program with discounts on insurance and loans
- Employee assistance program
- Community service program

**You are welcome here.**
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team. When you join MedHealth, we want you to bring your whole self to work - and we value your unique contribution.