Disability Support Worker
7 months ago
Support Your Way is seeking motivated support workers to join our growing personal care team for persons with disabilities within the Black Forest and surrounding suburbs. Support Your Way is an organisation that seeks to ensure every person with disability is supported to be living their best lives, tailored to their own individual experience and needs. Support workers promote a person with disability’s independence in the community, supporting them in their daily living tasks.
At this time we are seeking staff with a particular skill set, the successful applicant will show confidence and diligence, reliability and have an understanding of cerebral palsy. We are looking for someone with clear English, reliability and experience or willing to learn with mobility aids such as a device called the ‘Oxford Switch Stand Transfer’. You will be trained by a senior support worker until both parties feel comfortable with this device.
**Must be available to work 2 or more of these following shifts weekly ongoing;**
**Monday - Wednesday 11:30am - 1:30pm.**
**Thursday - Friday 3pm - 5pm.**
Other tasks may include transferring, manual handling, domestic assistance, exercise assistance, social support, in-home personal care, meal preparation,
Please note, these shifts will be conducted at a participant's home and or out in the community.
**Shift expectations**:
While we have a broad range of shifts depending on our participants' needs we would like to note that we are a small company that is gradually expanding. This is a casual position, many of our shifts range in time from 2-6 hours per shift. We seek to connect workers with the right participants and so to be successful in this position it must be understood hours will start off smaller with the capacity to build over time as you meet and are matched with the appropriate participants. Support workers must be willing to take on all types of shifts; personal care, transportation, community access and domestic assistance.
**Preference of Support Workers**
Please note this particular recruitment opportunity will look for applicants who meet the preferences of our participants. The following preferences are highly sought after and include:
- Experience with transferring and positioning / manual handling
- Proficiency in English, with strong communication skills and active listening for instructions
- Applicants who are compassionate, empathetic, understanding and exhibit self-initiative
- Applicants with a professional background in medical or allied health areas would be advantageous
- Comprehensive Car Insurance is desirable
- Willingness to travel beyond 30> minutes to assist participants, as well as demonstrating commitment to taking on shifts of all durations both short and long hours.
**Successful applicants** will be flexible in their working hours, possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate personal attributes and qualities to provide exceptional support and care to people with disability individually and within a team.
**Requirements of the role include**:
- National Police Check
- Full Australian Driver’s License
- First Aid and CPR Certificate
- DHS Working with Children Clearance
- NDIS Workers Screening Clearance
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
- Manual Handling Certificate
- Certificate of Medical Administration
- Vaccinated against Covid-19 (third booster required)
- Commitment to undertake in-house training and professional development as required
- Reliability and flexibility to work a variety of shift times and travel long distances where necessary
**Benefits**
An excellent opportunity to be involved in a rewarding career, and join a team that is dedicated to the values of the disability community. We match support workers to participants based on the individuals' preferences to develop a healthy working relationship.
**About Support Your Way**
**Job Type**: Casual
Pay: $31.90 - $82.80 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
- Afternoon shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Rotating roster
- Shift work
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus
- Overtime pay
- Penalty rates
Licence/Certification:
- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- National Police Certificate (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (preferred)
- Night Shift (preferred)
Willingness to travel:
- 25% (preferred)
Work Location: Black Forest and surrounds, South Australia.
**Job Type**: Casual
Schedule:
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- On call
- Rotating roster
- Shift work
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
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