Description:
About the Role
As a Disability Support Worker, you will be providing person-centred active support to people living with disability on the Central Coast. Supported Independent Living (SIL) is supporting people with disability in shared housing or in their own home, providing various supports including personal care and daily living assistance. You can expect to work across a 24/7 roster.
We are currently looking to fill 2 casual and 2 permanent part time positions.
PERMANENT LINE 1
Week 1
Monday 10pm-6am (Active Overnight)
Tuesday 10pm-6am (Active Overnight)
Friday 10pm-6am (Active Overnight)
Week 2
Monday 1:30pm-10pm
Tuesday 1:30pm-10pm
Wednesday 1:30pm-10pm
Saturday 2pm-10pm
PERMANENT LINE 2
Week 1
Wednesday 1:30pm-10pm
Saturday 6am-2pm
Sunday 6am-2pm
Week 2
Friday 10pm-6am (Active Overnight)
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support for clients facing mental health challenges, high behaviours of concern, complex needs, and significant medical requirements
- Work with clients who require assistance with personal care tasks, such as bathing and dressing, as well as manual handling to ensure safe mobility
- Availability for sleepover shifts is essential
- Implement person-centred active support and behaviour support plans, advocating for client choice and autonomy while ensuring safety and compliance in all interaction
- Maintain accurate and detailed records to track and document the changing needs of clients, ensuring thorough communication and continuity of care
Skills & Experience
- Experience with high behaviours of concern is REQUIRED
- An unrestricted New South Wales driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle
- Demonstrated ability to use basic technology and software on a mobile and desktop
- A current First Aid Certificate, which includes the course HLTAID003 or HLTAID011
Successful candidates will be required to clear all state-based probity checks; including but not limited to a National Criminal History Record Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.
Benefits:
- Pay rates starting from $41.76 (casual) and $33.42 (part time) as per the SCHADS Award
- Working across the scenic Central Coast area with easy access to parks, beaches, and outdoor activities, promoting a healthy lifestyle
- Enjoy exclusive salary packaging on everyday living expenses (including mortgage, rent and bills) and gain access to a range of enticing employee discounts
About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Caprisse Angemi at ***************@lwb.org.au