About the Role The Support Coordinator is responsible for the recruitment and placement of Individual Support graduates (Certificate III) into a pathway to employment, with the ultimate goal of securing paid employment.

Key accountabilities are: • Providing appropriate and ongoing support to students, to promote commitment and engagement to placement completion and paid employment. • Tailoring outcomes specific to each graduate, with regular interviewing and monitoring of each graduate’s progression. • Identifying further potential training opportunities suitable to each graduate’s needs, to help secure employment on completion (such as job-readiness and confidence skills training). • Following up on graduate’s progress, post placement. • Liaising with key stakeholders (such as aged care and home and community care organisations, RTO’s and Volunteering Sunshine Coast’s management) as well as reporting directly to the VSC’s General Manager. About You • Experience and/or understanding of aged care, disability services and the community care sector. • Strong organisational skills. • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). • Commitment to at least 10 hours per week, with flexibility. • Ability to take initiative and be an active listener. • Positive approach to problem solving. • Empathetic to the needs of a diverse group of people from various cultural backgrounds.