Direct Care Worker

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Imaginative Care Limited Full time

**Imaginative Care Limited is looking to recruit Direct Carers for a residential care role on a casual basis (20 to 38 hours a week).**

**Roles located in South Brisbane QLD, North Brisbane QLD and North Lakes.**

**This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who** have previous experience working in the disability sector, residential care sector and or are studying in the field of disabilities and or Child, Youth and Family Intervention, Youth Work, Direct Care work or Nursing - **expand your education with real life experience and professional development**

**Previous youth work experience is highly desirable**

Imaginative Care was founded by parents of children with disabilities and aims to provide an **extraordinary** and **innovative** service to care to help maximise the possibilities of an extraordinary life for every person that joins the Imaginative family.

By joining Imaginative, you will directly contribute to this mission and become part of an organisation that puts care at the centre of every decision. This includes ensuring you have the necessary tools to do your job by providing you with **regular training**, **mentoring** and **support **from an **experienced** management team.

The Direct Carer role is a challenging yet extremely rewarding role. In this role, you will support individuals to have the **most fulfilling life **possible by assisting them to **thrive** in their day-to-day routine and see them reach their **planned goals.**

**Your duties will include**:
A Direct Care Worker undertakes frontline shifts by providing supervision and support for people with disabilities or young people and are expected to deliver other roles, such as:

- Supporting clients with a range of complex needs, some of which may include: nonverbal, vision or sensory impaired, a history of complex, developmental trauma, and who display challenging behaviours; and, providing this support in a therapeutic, trauma informed way which minimises the use of restraints /restrictive practices and supports the participant’s human rights;
- Providing personal care;
- Reading medication charts;
- Understanding and following NDIS Plans;
- Building clients’ independence using a person-centred approach at home and in the community;
- Utilising the participants Positive Behaviour Support Plan to create a therapeutic environment in which participants with challenging behaviours can be replaced with more developmentally appropriate, pro-social behaviours;
- Conducting light domestic duties and meal preparation;
- Creating structure and routine for participants, including nutritious meals;
- Providing transportation as part of the individual care and support plan;
- Supporting participants to access the community;
- Maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, tidiness, and comfort in the home environment;
- Adherence and role modelling of safe workplace health and safety legislation;
- Creating a friendly and warm environment and working closely with other staff members;
- Working as part of a team, identifying areas where participant’s needs could be better met; and,
- Demonstrating an understanding of Imaginative Human Services’ Vision and Mission statement and conducting oneself in line with the organisation’s values.

**We are looking for **passionate individuals committed to providing exceptional service and displaying effective verbal and written communication skills. Most importantly, every member of Imaginative Care must act in line with our core values of **diversity**, **innovation**, **trustworthiness**, **accountability**, and **respect**.

**Other requirements of the role are as follows**:

- Must be willing to travel to **South Brisbane QLD, North Brisbane/Moreton QLD and Gold Coast QLD **for shift work
- Ability to do shift work and in-home sleepovers
- Working with Children Card (Blue Card)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module ‘Quality, Safety and You’
- Covid-19 Infection Control Training
- Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination
- Australian Driver’s license of at least Provisional 2 level
- First Aid and CPR Certificate or willingness to obtain
- Medication Administration Training or willingness to obtain
- Epilepsy Training or willingness to obtain
- Ability to accommodate roster changes and on call requirements at short notice; we endeavour to complete rosters up to two weeks in advance, though changes may occur due to the nature of the work
- Ability to participate in team meetings, staff meetings, training, and supervision, as required
- Comprehensive Car Insurance
- Ability to complete reports and other business processes via web-based systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including negotiation, networking, and ability to draft shift reports
- Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise work requirements to ensure reporting is completed on time.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $31.60 - $51.90 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
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