Justice Support Coordinator

**Description**:
**About Participate Australia**

Participate Australia (PA) has been supporting people with disabilities since 1983, previously as Family Resource and Networks Support Incorporated (FRANS). In March 2017, our organisation undertook a transfer to a company limited by guarantee under the new name, Participate Australia.

We are committed to playing our part in supporting people with disabilities to achieve this goal.

PA makes a difference in the lives of people with disabilities by respecting their dignity, autonomy, freedom of choice and independence, and by supporting the achievement of their goals.

**About the Role**

**Role Responsibilities**
- The different types and lengths of orders a participant might need to adhere to in order to re-integrate into the community
- The types of mandatory reporting a participant might need to complete, understanding participant classifications under the Justice System
- Commonly used language within the Justice System and how to rephrase using strength-based language
- The types of restrictions a participant might be under when accessing the community
- The different departments in the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and subsequent reporting hierarchy (based on classification)
- Understanding and respecting the participant’s privacy and balancing this with information shared with the community and mainstream providers
- Understand the delineation of roles and responsibilities between the NDIS and Corrective Services, particularly around risk
- Understanding of the different types of jail units and their purposes.
- Assist participants in successfully coordinating their support needs and in achieving outcomes of their NDIS plan.
- Provide support coordination within agreed timeline.
- Provide advice to participants and their carers on the evolving environment of the NDIS.
- Research and identify providers and other relevant stakeholders and build strong working relationships, and
- Prepare reports, monitor expenditure, and complete all associated administrative work

**Role Requirements**
- Must have a minimum of one year experience in the correctional services and basic knowledge of NDIA. (Worked within the Corrective Services Sector or Coordinators or Support.) ideally in a NDIS environment or lived experience in disability.
- MUST have qualification related to mental health and understanding of mental health stakeholders
- Ability to research autonomously and experience in information gathering and networking.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of the MS Office suite, working knowledge of databases and demonstrated administration skills, and
- Strong communication skills, ability to provide information in accessible form, and
- Solid report writing skills.
- Current NSW driver’s license, own motor vehicle.
- About our Recruitment Process

Participate Australia requires all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so. This is also a pre-condition to ongoing employment.

**To Apply**

**Role Type**:

- Remote - Permanent - Full-time - Associate

**Pay Rate**:

- 75000 AUD - 79999 AUD (Annum)

**Company Overview**:

- Participate Australia is a non-profit disability services provider. We provide person-centred advice and support for people with disabilities, their families and carers. At Participate Australia we support people living with intellectual, cognitive and developmental disabilities, as well as their families and carers. Our participants come from diverse backgrounds and live throughout the Inner West and Sydney. We deliver conventional and important disability support and respite services to people with a disability. Respite programs allow carers of people with a disability to meet some of their own needs, knowing that a qualified support worker is caring for their family member. At Participate Australia, our disability support focuses on independence. We develop innovative independence programs with the people we support, which foster greater autonomy and nurture community engagement.