Disability Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Creative Respite and Community Services Full time

**JOB TITLE** Support Worker (for North and East side of Brisbane)

**REPORTS TO **Operations Manager

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Purpose of role ** _The Support Worker position with Creative Respite and Community Services_ _will provide flexible and responsive support to adults and children with a disability, mental health, and other care needs. The support worker will promote choice, self determination, and independence._

**Core objectives include**:
Provide assistance to participants in their home, the community and respite setting.

**Main duties and Responsibilities**

Provide direct support and assistance to service participants as required. The support required will vary from person to person but may include and is not limited to:

- _Personal care._
- _Manual handling._
- _Meal preparation._
- _Medication support as required._
- _Mental Health support and awareness._
- _Behaviour support
- working with people who engage in challenging behavior._
- _General household tasks including cleaning._
- _Support participants with community based activities and appointments._
- Complete documentation in a timely, accurate manner.
- Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Reliable, flexible, and punctual.

**Other duties **This job description serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform other job-related tasks requested by management and as necessitated by the development of this role and the development of the business.

**SKILLS, COMPETENCY, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**

**Essential**
- _A high level of organizational, communication (both oral_
- and written) and problem-solving skills._
- _Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team and_
- _individually. _ _**Knowledge of, and commitment to the principals of the NDIS.**_
- _Current Drivers license and preparedness to use own comprehensively insured vehicle for work related duties._
- _Current _**First Aid Certificate and CPR**_ _or willingness to obtain prior to commencement._
- Current Working with children **Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening** or willingness to obtain prior to commencement.
- _Cert IV in Disability Work, Aged Care, Mental Health or Community Services or Diploma_

**Experience**
- _Minimum 12 months experience as a support worker in the_
- Disability, Aged Care or Mental Health sector._
- _**Experience with manual handling and behaviour support desirable.**_

**Knowledge**
- Must have a good understanding of positive behaviour support and person-centred work practices._
- _Good understanding of principles underpinning support work in the disability and mental health sector._
- _General understanding of restrictive practices._
- _General understanding of mental health._

**Other/Special ** **First 6 months of employment is probationary.**
Conditions The position involves shift work which includes weekends, evenings, sleepovers and public holidays.
- Must maintain Working with children Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening.
- Employment is conditional on employee maintaining a current First Aid and CPR certificate.
- Employment is conditional on employee maintaining a current and valid driver’s license.
- Employment in this position is conditional on the employee having the use of a reliable registered motor vehicle, comprehensively insured for work related purposes.
- Where CRCS may have concerns that the employee’s level of fitness is adversely affecting their job performance, the organization may, at its cost, require the employee to submit a fitness capacity evaluation to ensure that neither the employee or a fellow employee or participant are placed at risk of injury.

**Our Vision**

Be a responsive service provider attuned to the needs of our clients.

CRCS provides in home and community supports to people living with mental health and disability.

**Our Mission**

CRCS aims to deliver supports that achieves outcomes and makes have a positive impact in a person’s life, through fostering relationships, providing quality staff with relevant skills and knowledge, and actively working towards positive culture of continuous improvement.

**Our Values**
- **Person Centered**_ _._
- People are at the center of everything we do. We strive for excellence and are continuously aiming to improve our services._
- **Responsive**_. _
- We are committed to being responsive and attuned to the needs of the individual._
- **Honesty. **_
We work with honesty and integrity.
- **Collaborative. **_
- We work collaboratively with others, understanding that we are all different and all make a valuable contribution in the workplace._

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: From $38.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Overtime
- Public holidays
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Penalty rates

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