Job description Senior Service Coordinator
Application form Senior Service Coordinator
Hours: Permanent, full-time (40 hours per week)
Are you ready to make a difference in the community while advancing your career in Service Coordination? We invite you to be a part of our dynamic team at CCS Disability Action, where you can contribute to an organisation dedicated to creating positive change.
Job specific information
We highly value diversity and promote difference. We are seeking a like-minded person who is committed to making a difference in the lives of disabled children, individuals and their families/whanau in the Gisborne area. Key functions of this role are offering support, information and advocacy to people, and coordinating support workers to provide our services in the community and people's homes. A key focus is supporting people through times of change in their lives and this includes liaising with schools, agencies and community networks.
This 40 hour/week position is based from our Gisborne Branch. This role offers you an exciting opportunity to use and develop your skills by providing quality support to the team. Your responsibility will be to ensure that our work undertaken with disabled people, their family/whanau, and our related community partners, is of high quality.
We are looking for people who:
Have proven advocacy skills.
Experience working with families/whanau accessing services.
An ability to form positive relationships and networks.
Great communication skills, both oral and written including report writing.
Experience in current disability issues.
An ability to coordinate others.
An ability to work across a diverse community.
Sound organisational and computer ability incl. MS Office.
A creative streak and be able to think laterally.
Previous experience and/or tertiary training.
A social science qualification (is desirable).
How to apply
To apply please complete the CCS Disability Action application form and provide a copy of your CV and cover letter. This can be emailed to ****** or posted to Service Coordinator vacancy, CCS Disability Action: PO Box 15, Gisborne 4040 (Attn: Erica Rutherford).
We are committed to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. Should you require an alternative method of application please contact Erica Rutherford on 06 867 1249 extension 6816 or email to: ******
About us
CCS Disability Action builds our work around three core documents; UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. We work within a Human Rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and we openly encourage people with lived experience to apply.
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