Local Area Coordinator - Register your Interest now for future opportunities!

Position Description

Carers Queensland  is an equal opportunity employer actively seeking to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients and encourages applications from people with a disability, and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and the LGBTIQ community.

Are you ready to kickstart your Career Revitalisation for 2025?

We have the opportunity you have been waiting for!

Let 2025 be the fresh way to express the idea of renewing your professional energy and enthusiasm!

A profession where you can assist people with disability and their families to access information on the NDIS and other community supports? Where you add value? Perhaps work for an organisation where people from all walks of life are welcomed with open arms into an inclusive and diverse culture?

It's the perfect time to join us on our mission to change lives for those with disabilities and their families across all our sites and regions within Queensland!

Are you passionate about driving inclusive change?  Do you want to work for an organisation that values diversity and engages with community stakeholders to ensure inclusion is firmly on the agenda?  We support people with a disability to live fulfilling and connected lives within their local communities?

About the Role

As we are continually growing here at Carers Queensland, we are on the lookout for future talent across all our regions. Please note, this is an ongoing campaign due to our growth. If you are seeking an immediate opportunity, please head to :  https : / / carersqld.com.au / vacancies / .

As a Local Area Coordinator (LAC) you will be one of the key links between people with disability (and their families) and the National Disability Insurance Agency. This position will deliver the NDIS LAC PITC program, providing information and support to participants, families and carers to develop, record and implement their NDIS Plan and build community inclusion and capacity.

So, are you looking for a career where you can assist people with disability and their families to access information on the NDIS and other community supports? If this sounds like you, you will love working with us a L ocal Area Coordinator !

Our LACs are our front line, serving the community by delivering the NDIS LAC PITC program :

• Building capacity and providing information  to individuals, families and carers to identify their goals, strengths and needs, to plan for their future based on person-centred principles.
• Developing and monitoring participant plans to ensure meaningful change is achieved while building and maintaining a current working knowledge of local community supports and services.
• Developing and strengthening relationships with key stakeholders including First Nations communities, culturally and linguistically diverse & LGBTQIA+ communities, community organisations, mainstream community and health service organisations and local governments
• Maintaining appropriate administrative records utilising the NDIS data system in a timely manner.
• Undertaking the day-to-day operations of the role in a way that  promotes independence, empowerment  and involvement of persons with disability both in office and out in the community.

The role will have a focus on building and strengthening the capacity of people with disabilities (both NDIS participants and non-participants), their families and carers, as well as the government, business, and community sectors.

Some of your key responsibilities will include :

What's in it for you, you ask?

Do you have?

How to join the team?

If a suitable opportunity arises in the location of your choice, that suits your skillset,

we will contact you with more information.

Any questions about the role please reach out to our People & Development team, hr@carersqld.com.au.

Carers Queensland encourages applicants to advise this information in their cover letter, so that we can meet the needs of each applicant. Carers Queensland actively seeks to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients.