Disability Support Worker- Day Programs

1 week ago


East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Challenge Community Services Full time

About Challenge


Our Disability Services - Day Programs are designed to assist our Clients live the life they deserve, in a centre where clients come to enjoy activities and engage in the community whilst gaining life skills and confidence.


Our Day Program sites cater for individuals with varied support needs, which may include Clients who use wheelchairs and other aids, need assistance with personal care and other additional support for our clients medical and care needs.


Clients may attend weekdays or weekends for day programs or community participation engaging in programs that are appropriate to the individual's level of disability and identified goals.


Our Support Workers engage with clients to develop skills through activities and structured programs like cooking, music, craft, leisure sports, reading, singing any much more.


We have a Client run Café that caters to the public and "The Shed" where Clients learn skills in woodwork.


We are looking for people who may not have experience as Support Workers but have skills and abilities that can be used to bring enrichment and new experiences to the people we support.

Are you a cook, gardener, carpenter/joiner, teacher, or have a unique interest or skill and want to enrich someone's life, support them to learn something new and build their own skills and abilities increasing their independence.


The role


The role of a Disability Support Worker, Day Programs, is to provide support to our clients with a disability; with a strong focus on developing the skills of each individual by enriching their lives through creative activities that they can enjoy and participate in.


We are looking for people who have the availability to work 8:00 am - 4:00 pm or 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, we may also be required to provide in home supports for clients and this may require afternoon & night shifts.

We have positions currently available at our 4 Tamworth sites.

Essential Selection Criteria

  • Australian Drivers Licence
  • First Aid certificate or the willingness to get one within the on boarding stage
  • Current NSW Working with Children Check
  • NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • NDIS Worker Orientation Module
  • Flexibility to work within a service that provides Daily care
  • Competent with Microsoft Office suite particularly MS Word and MS Outlook.
  • Covid 19 Vaccinations status including booster
  • Pre Employment Assessment with full functional drug screen

Desirable Criteria

  • Certificate III or IV in Disability Support or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated understanding in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) processes.
  • Mental Health First Aid.

The Benefits to working with Challenge Community Services?

You will have access to:

  • Schad's Award Level 2 pay rates based on qualifications and or experience.
  • Pay range $30.46 up to $33.23 per hour
  • Increase your take home pay with Salary Packaging Options
  • Entertainment/Meal Card. You can use up to $2,650 of your pretax income per year in addition to your taxfree limit for living expenses.
  • Novated lease
- when you package your car, you pay a portion of the vehicle's costs out of your salary before tax is calculated. This reduces your taxable income and effectively increases your take-home pay.

  • Flexible working hours working on a fortnightly roster
  • Negotiated extra leave, buy up to 2 weeks of EXTRA annual leave that you can take or even get paid out as a saving incentive.
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Annual Flu Vaccination
  • Day Off on your Birthday
  • Job satisfaction helping to make a difference in people's lives.

How to apply

Closing Date - 24th July 2023
**We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and live, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.

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