Employment Pathways Coach. Permanent Full Time - Newcastle

Employment Pathways Coach Life Without Barriers Permanent Full Time – Newcastle

Life Without Barriers is a national not-for-profit organisation with over 8,000 employees operating in more than 500 communities across Australia. We provide support to children, young people, families, individuals with disability, older people, and those experiencing mental illness. Our work also extends to supporting people who are homeless, refugees, and asylum seekers. For over 25 years, Life Without Barriers has been dedicated to empowering people with disability to live life according to their choices. This role offers an exciting chance to contribute to this ongoing mission, supporting individuals with disability to achieve choice, control, and independence in living their best lives. If you are passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a tangible difference, this career opportunity is for you. We value employing individuals who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can meet each client's unique needs and aspirations. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability.

About the Role

As an Employment Pathways Coach, you will be instrumental in supporting and empowering individuals to develop the skills, confidence, and experience necessary to achieve their employment aspirations. Working with participants accessing NDIS employment supports, you will deliver person-centred support to assist individuals in preparing for and securing employment.

You will collaborate with each participant to create and implement an individualised employment pathway, tailored to their strengths, interests, and personal goals. This may involve assisting participants with setting employment goals, enhancing social and community participation skills, developing workplace readiness, accessing work experience opportunities, and identifying further education or training pathways.

Building strong connections with employers, education providers, and community organisations will be key to creating employment opportunities and facilitating successful transitions from education to employment. Your capacity for advocacy, collaboration, and fostering community connections will be essential in enabling participants to achieve positive employment outcomes.

This is a full-time position that is worked from home, with regular travel within the community to support participant appointments, community engagement activities, and visits to training providers and workplaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred support to Participants in alignment with their support needs, preferences, individual Employment Pathways Plans, and funding.
• Actively support Participants to enhance their work readiness through capacity building, skill acquisition, work experience, and supported decision-making.
• Identify other challenges that may be impacting a participant’s ability to aspire to or undertake work, such as health, mental health, allied health, or housing instability.
• Contribute to a positive team culture while delivering high-quality services to participants.

Skills & Experience

• Certificate IV in a relevant Social & Community Services qualification.
• A current Driver's Licence.
• Demonstrated case management experience working with young people with disability.
• Demonstrated experience in developing relationships and opportunities through community engagement and partnerships.
• Proficient ability in using the Microsoft Office suite of programs and database systems, or the ability to become competent quickly in database systems.

Successful candidates will be required to complete probity checks, including a National Criminal History Record Check, NDIS clearance, and a Working with Children Check where relevant to the role.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations.
• Career pathways across a national organisation.
• Receive up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax-free through Salary Packaging, which increases your take-home pay.
• Access to Fitness Passport – a workplace health and fitness program offering you and your family access to a selection of gyms and pools in your area.

How to Apply

Please include your resume and covering letter in a single document. Click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kristina Kubel at recruitment@lwb.org.au.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on 8th July 2026.