Job Placement Consultant

Company Description

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it's through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual.

We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, and Psychologists. IPAR is just one of the purpose built, industry leading brands in the global MedHealth network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes from the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day

**Job Description**:
As a Job Placement Consultant, you will actively work to support people living with illness, disability, or injury return to work or obtain new employment and live the best life they can

You will undertake a variety of activities including:

- Work collaboratively with injured workers, potential employers, and your internal team of allied health professionals to provide safe, sustainable opportunities for workers to re-enter the workforce;
- Contribute to injured workers ability to achieve return to work goals through job skills development, confidence building and promoting independence;
- Empower clients to effectively present their skills and abilities when seeking employment;
- Brokering new employment or work experience opportunities in remote and regional areas which in turn, provide a swift re-engagement into employment for workers who have been detached from the workplace;
- Build strong relationships with local employers and organisations;
- Assist in developing written reports and brokering vocational programs that support return to work outcomes.

**Qualifications**:
As a Successful Job Placement Consultant will possess:

- A passion for Employment Services or Disability Employment.
- Drive, energy and professionalism, with a personable approach and the ability to manage stakeholder expectations, grow services and build relationships;
- Excellent time management skills, be able to work autonomously as well as within a team environment;
- Working with Children Check and National Police Check (or able and willing to obtain);
- Current driver licence, road worthy motor vehicle and comprehensive insurance; due to location some travel may be expected.

Additional Information
**How we support you**
IPAR is a lively and supportive place to work. You will work autonomously whilst having the support of a strong team environment. You will also benefit from:

- Manageable caseloads and Key Performance Indicators
- Uncapped Incentives
- Individually tailored professional development programs
- Clear career pathways and a 'promote from within' culture
- Secondment opportunities that keep it interesting and challenging
- A comprehensive induction program, buddy program and workplace mentoring to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel

Our core values are always at the heart of the work that we do every day:

- We act with **integrity**. We are honest, ethical, and transparent. We inspire trust through open communication;
- ** People** work together. We enable each other to thrive within a culture of collaboration, fun and high performance;
- We take pride in delivering an exceptional and seamless **customer** experience each and every time;
- ** Quality & Innovation** is at the forefront of our thinking. We have the courage to actively seek new opportunities and continually improve;
- We embrace **sustainability** across all aspects of our business including financial performance, service; design and delivering meaningful outcomes for our team, our customers and the communities that we work in.

**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.
- MedHealth is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all staff. Your vaccination status may be discussed as part of the recruitment and selection process._