Experienced Local Area Coordinator, with efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence, I am Organized and dependable and successful able to manage multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Excellent verbal and written communication and exceeding goals. Participate focused, compassionate, approachable, and well presented, with exceptional interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn and to contribute to team successes and the motivated to learn, grow, and excel.
Building capacity and providing information to individuals, families and carers to identify their goals, strengths and needs, to plan for their future based on person-centred principles.
Developing and monitoring participant plans to ensure meaningful change is achieved while building and maintaining a current working knowledge of local community supports and services.
Maintaining appropriate administrative records utilising the NDIS data system in a timely manner.
Undertaking the day-to-day operations of the role in a way that promotes independence, empowerment and involvement of persons with disability.
Personal Skills
Guide and assist Members to understand and align with the NDIS guidelines for expenditure, including advice on what NDIS supports may/may not be claimed.
Support and coach Members to understand their NDIS plans and ensure services are aligned with their plan goals.
Resolve Member and service provider issues and invoice discrepancies.
Liaise directly with the L! Customer Accounts Team to ensure invoices are paid in a timely manner.
Manage incoming telephone, email, and general correspondence.
Data entry and processing of provider invoices and client reimbursements
Follow up on Member, Plan Nominee, Support Coordinator, and service provider queries.
Escalate and respond to urgent client queries and matters with appropriate urgency, empathy, and professionalism.
Provide general information on NDIS requirements/eligibility.
Sign up new Members to Leap in! plan management.
Support new Members and/or their plan nominees with their transition to the NDIS.
Look for opportunities to streamline services and find efficiencies.
Build relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders (including initiating three-way conversations with Members and the NDIA/other government agencies as appropriate to Member’s needs
Maintain an understanding of L! operational standards as well as applicable policies and procedures including NDIS compliance, confidentiality and client rights.
Contribute to new initiatives, quality, and activities as part of a continuous improvement process in your own work, team, Customer Experience division and across Leap in!
Attend network expos and other important relationship-building.
Personal Skills
Assist the Participant to develop knowledge, experience, and connections with the community.
Works together with participant to understand Plan funding and its purpose.
Assist the Participant to identify and consider support options, and link.
Assistance to resolve points of crisis and developing capacity and resilience in the Participant's network.
Coach the Participant through challenges that come up. Helps Participant prepare for review and report on achieved Participant outcomes.
Support participants to explore appropriate supports and services and connect with community support and mainstream services.
Monitor progress and budget with participant and providers.
Meeting billable hours targets – KPI
Managed multiple tasks and met time-sensitive deadlines.
Answered central telephone system and directed calls accordingly.
Confirmed appointments, communicated with clients, and updated client records.
Resolved customer problems and complaints.
Answered large volume of incoming calls daily to resolve customer issues and schedule appointments.
Personal Skills
Assist employees with day-to-day work and complex problems by applying motivational and analytical strategies.
Transport clients to appointments, shopping venues and entertainment events.
Document daily activities, behaviours, and incidents.
Keep clients engaged in social networks and communities.
Evaluate client progress towards established annual and quarterly goals.
Increase level of independence by providing daily undertakings that promote self-management through assisting consumers in their daily personal tasks, including bathing and dressing.
Safely drive clients to social activities and appointments.
Work independently and with a team to solve problems.
Organize and prioritize work to complete assignments in an efficient and timely manner.
Consistently exhibit loyalty and passion for success.
Personal Skills
Honest and Reliable: Strong morals ensuring honesty, reliability, and ability to responsibly undertake tasks.
Effective Communication Skills: Effective communicator with appreciation for different communication styles required when working with team members or clients.
Time Management: Dedication to prioritisation and management of time by allocating tasks and recording activities completed.
Flexible: Understanding of the need for flexibility to support urgent demands and changes. Comfortable with changing environments and situations.
Yeronga State High School
Australian Academy
Australian Academy
Current Yellow Card 2023
Current Blue Card 2023
Elise Webber
P: 0488040056
E: ewebber@carersqld.com.au
Charlee Osborne
Team Leader at Leap In
P: 0418533195
Maxine Shailer
Service Leader
P:0420342621
E: maxinedaly@hotmail.com
Johno Piper
Manager
P: 0447612100
E: Johno.Piper@carematchaustralia.com.au