Expression of Interest

**EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS (BRIGHTON NORTH AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS)**

**DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS SUPERSTARS**
- **Are you dedicated to supporting people with a disability?**:

- **Do you find joy in seeing people reach their goals and live independently?**:

- **Do you have experience with people with behaviours of concern?**

**We currently have permanent part time opportunities available in **Brighton North and Southern suburbs**.**

**What the role involves**:
Opportunities are available for passionate Disability Support Workers to join the Minda team in our Supported Independent Living Services. The main purpose of the role is to provide support to people with intellectual disabilities and to maximise choice and inclusion to achieve their aspirations and goals, optimising a person-centred approach.

**Duties and responsibilities include**:

- Engaging person-centred active support in areas such as emotional behaviour, education, cooking, and domestic duties
- Planning and executing activities for the participants
- Ensure the effective communication is always maintained with all stakeholders
- Adapt service delivery and support as appropriate to meet participant needs and preferences
- Encouraging clients to make choices and decisions about all aspects of their life
- Work collaboratively with others to ensure a consistent approach to service delivery, which empowers participants to be involved in decision making and choice

**Qualifications**

The following qualifications and certifications are essential prior to you applying:

- NDIS Worker Screening Check (or Valid DHS Disability Screening)
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module
- Current Full Australian Driver's Licence
- Right to work documents (Visa, Citizenship Certificate, Passport, Birth Certificate)
- Current First Aid/CPR
- Certificate III or higher in Disability or equivalent (Individual Support, Disability Services, Aging Care and/or Community Services).
- Medication Competency (Learning Simplified - Administer Medication)

**Attributes**

To be successful in the role you will:

- Be energetic, positive, and caring
- Be able to commit to a 7-day rotating roster, across a variety of shifts
- Have experience supporting people with a disability utilising a professional and empathetic approach
- Possesses a good understanding of the NDIS Framework
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- Have experience with administering medication and completing all documentation

**What can we offer**:

- A sense of value and purpose, working for an essential service provider, whilst significantly impacting the lives of the people we support
- Attractive remuneration including salary packaging (up to $15,900 per FBT) and additional benefits
- A supportive, highly skilled, and collaborative team environment
- Flexibility for work life balance and independence
- Car parking and café facilities, on the gorgeous Brighton site located by the beach

**About us**:
At Minda, we provide services and support to enable people living with an intellectual disability to reach their personal health and wellbeing goals and live their best lives.

As the state’s largest not-for profit provider of disability services, we provide supported independent living accommodation, stimulate continuous personal growth and development through supported employment and various community engagement options as well as allied health and respite services.

As a value-driven not-for-profit organisation, we are passionate about achieving greater outcomes and creating more meaningful experiences for both our clients and our staff.

**OUR VALUES**:
**RESPECT**: We respect the right of a person living with an intellectual disability to self-determination in living their best life.

**HEART**: We demonstrate care and love for those we support in all that we do.

**OPPORTUNITY**: We focus on the positive and what people can do rather than what they cannot do to create opportunities.

**COMMUNITY**: We recognise the importance of community to a person’s wellbeing and strive to create an inclusive community where people living with an intellectual disability are valued for themselves and the contribution they make to community.

**HOW TO APPLY**:
**_Minda recognises that diversity in our workforce better equips us to support our clients’ individualised aspirations and goals. So, if you’re a person living with a disability, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, part of the LGBTQIA+ community, from a culturally or linguistically diverse background or unique in any other way we would love to hear from you._