JOB FOCUS - POSITION OVERVIEW

Title

Disability Employment Consultant, known as "Employment Coordinator"

Terms and Conditions

Award: Community Employment Training and Support Services Award, 1996

Level: Training and Placement Officer Grade 2

Objectives

1. To assist job seekers with disabilities to find and keep ongoing viable employment
2. To assist employers to include workers with disabilities in their workforce

Relationships

• Report to the Assistant Manager and the Manager
• Provide assistance to job seekers, worker and employers
• Active team participation with co-workers

Duties

Job Seeker Planning and Support

• Establish achievable goals for ongoing employment
• Identify assistance required to find and keep work
• Assist job seekers to find and keep work
• Maintain regular contact with job seekers
• Refer job seekers to training and other services when appropriate

Job Searching

• Contact employers and persuade them to employ our job seekers
• Promote Job Focus to employers with a view to securing suitable employment opportunities for job seekers
• Assist employers with job design, recruitment and workplace modifications

On-site Training and Support

• Provide on the job training and support to workers as required
• Assist and support employers to successfully include our clients in their workforce

Maintenance Support

• Maintain regular ongoing contact with workers and their employers
• Provide ongoing assistance and advice to workers and their employers as required to maintain or enhance employment

Other Duties

• Participate constructively as a team member to sustain and develop Job Focus
• Administrative duties