Careers

About the Organisation
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Assist NDIS participants in coordinating and implementing support services based on their NDIS plan, using a person-centred approach. Build strong relationships with participants, their families, NDIS coordinators, planners, and service providers to ensure effective support and service delivery. 

This role is permanent part time (Flexible 3 or 4 days per week) which will support people based primarily in the Dandenong area and so, can be flexibly based in Dandenong or surrounding suburbs of Melbourne with hybrid work from home arrangements.

Key responsibilities

• Strengthen and enhance our client's ability to coordinate supports and participate in the community
• Regularly monitor our client's NDIS plan to ensure services are being delivered within their allocated budget
• Ensure mainstream services meet their service obligations to clients (i.e. housing, education, justice, health)
• Provide the client and the NDIA with reports on outcomes and success indicators, within the agreed reporting frequency 

Skills & experience

• Demonstrated experience in working with people with a disability and mental health issues
• Experience in a coordination role 
• Excellent verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to engage with clients and their families to support them as participants of the NDIS
• Strong written and computer skills for the creation of plans, programs reports, correspondence and other documents
• Established time management, problem solving and conflict management skill
• Ability to think creatively and use initiative

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Supportive and empowering leadership
• Join a team with a culture of caring for clients and each other
• Join a national social purpose organisation with various career opportunities
• Flexible working environment – you can work from home or the office
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at recruitment@lwb.org.au 

Applications close at midnight on Wednesday the 19th of March, 2025