Employment Placement Consultant

APM Workcare understands that prevention and proactive management of injuries in the workplace is critically important, and we work with employers and their people to minimise the personal and business impact of injuries, illness and disability through prevention, rehabilitation, and training. A key factor of APMs success is the ability to place injured or disabled jobseekers into sustainable employment. The Employment Placement Consultant role within the APM WorkCare team has a key focus on securing new employer placements via job brokerage and to represent APM in the employer market.

Responsibilities

Effectively communicate and interact with people across cultures; Collaborate with colleagues to support identification of clients who are ‘job ready’ and suitable for placement; Undertake Client meetings to create individual intervention plans to maximise achieving a return-to-work outcome; Apply relevant rehabilitation counselling strategies and methodologies; Conduct cold canvassing and marketing of ‘job ready’ clients to potential employers utilising relevant jurisdictional incentives and schemes; Working with primary Consultant to ensure client has required job skills such as managing an interview, injury disclosure, negotiating salary/hours/duties etc; Complete case reviews with Primary Consultant to assess and realign goals and strategies; Maintain regular contact with Primary Consultant and to follow up when monthly allocated time is exhausted; Completing legislative specific reports where applicable; Maintain documented evidence of all secured interviews and placements; Provide training to clients and consultants as well as some travel maybe required

Requirements

12 months minimum experience working in employment services, DES (Disability Employment Services) or a similar role within occupational rehabilitation; Proven experience working within a high-performance driven environment; Highly developed interpersonal skills including negotiation and consultation skills and the ability to proactively establish and sustain effective stakeholder relationships; Strong attention to detail with a result focused approached; Strong organisational skills and capacity to successfully manage competing priorities; Show initiative and work unsupervised; Well-developed ability to undertake research and to prepare, collate and organise data for reporting purposes; Ability to follow administration procedures with accuracy and efficiency; Current Australian drivers’ licence; Police clearance and a working with children check

Benefits

Flexibility and autonomy to set your own hours and work location; Supportive team environment; Individualized in-house training and development; Culture driven by motivation and commitment to client goals; Access to company cars for travel; Incentive scheme; Laptop; Mobile phone; Option to purchase additional leave; Salary sacrificing opportunities; Great work-life balance; Extensive learning opportunities; Networking programs; Employee benefits