About the Organisation
Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit 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.
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 Service
Our National Immigration Support Service (NISS) offers comprehensive assistance to individuals seeking asylum and refugees residing within the Australian community.
Navigating the journey toward stability in Australia, as an asylum seeker or refugee, is fraught with challenges. At Life Without Barriers, we understand the arduous quest for freedoms often overlooked by others. Our mission is to support individuals in achieving their aspirations, guiding them through the complexities of a daunting system, one step at a time.
At Life Without Barriers, our dedicated and flexible team plays a crucial role in improving the lives of refugees and asylum seekers throughout Australia. If you are driven by values of inclusivity and respect, joining our team represents a profound opportunity to make a significant difference. We approach our work with empathy and respect, addressing the unique needs of our clients and acknowledging the difficult paths they have traversed in search of safety from conflict and adversity.
Becoming part of our team could be the most meaningful step in your career, enabling you to contribute positively to the lives of those in need of support and understanding.
About the Role
Due to the expansion of our services, nationally, we are seeking further Case Coordinators. The purpose of the Case Coordinator- NISS is to provide responsive and tailored case coordination services to clients to support them to meet identified goals and address their barriers and vulnerabilities to achieve independence.
This position is being offered as full-time, 12mth max-term position based at our Adelaide (VIC) office with flexibility to work from home and office.
Responsibilities
Skills & Experience
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
Benefits
How to Express your Interest
Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.
Send us 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 sadna.patelthomas@lwb.org.au
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Applications will close at midnight 18th April 2024.
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)
Ensure that your online CV is up to date as employers are always searching our online CV database of candidates.
A member of our staff is ready to help you with any questions you may have.