Employment Support Consultant - Maryborough

Employment Support Consultant - Maryborough

Maryborough | Full Time

IMPACT Community Services is proud to announce our successful partnership with CoAct under the Inclusive Employment Australia program. This transformative 5-year initiative will empower the Maryborough community through inclusive employment solutions.

We are seeking a passionate, driven professional to join our Maryborough team as an Employment Support Consultant. In this newly created role, you will connect people with disabilities to employment by promoting services and building strong community relationships.

What you will be doing :

• Prospect Caseload & Client Support, manage prospective client enquiries, guide them through eligibility, and provide ongoing support and follow-up. Maintain accurate records in JobReady, documenting interactions and tracking progress. Assist clients in gathering medical evidence, facilitate ESAt referrals, and send appointment reminders.
• Community & Employer Engagement, represent the organisation at job fairs, expos, and employment events to promote services and attract clients. Proactively engage employers and clients through in-house initiatives when external events are limited.
• Social & Community Supports, facilitate access to social support services such as food banks, medical centres, and allied health providers. Build and maintain strong relationships with service providers to ensure timely and appropriate client support.

What you'll need to succeed :

Why IMPACT?

IMPACT welcomes all applications, including from Indigenous Australians, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and recovery, a disability, those who identify as LGBTIQ+ and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We believe that diversity in our workplace makes us stronger and we provide equal opportunity to all. IMPACT is proud to be an INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER 2024-2025 with the Diversity Council Australia . Selection for all vacancies is made on the basis of merit.

The successful applicant will be required to obtain background checks prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Clearance and National Police Check.

IMPACT Community Services Limited (IMPACT) is a high profile, community owned organisation supporting the most vulnerable and marginalised members of our community. Since 1978, we have been supporting local people experiencing disadvantage, poverty and exclusion. Our vision is to improve lives. IMPACT is also a Child Safe Organisation committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

Together, We Move towards a future inclusive of all. This begins by acknowledging our presence on the lands of Aboriginal communities. IMPACT operates on the unceded lands of the Butchulla, Gureng Gureng, Wakka Wakka, Kabi Kabi, Wulli Wulli, Taribelang, Gurang and Byali. IMPACT has over 45 years of serving our communities and we are humbled in the presence of First Nations Peoples who share an ongoing connection to these lands for over 65,000 years. We are truly grateful to share and learn from their collective experiences. We respectfully live upon these lands, with good faith and a commitment to ongoing learning, sharing, caring and respecting these lands, the peoples, and the environment, together in humility.

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