Disability Support Workers

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 501014

**Employment type**: Part Time

**Location**: Melbourne

**Categories**: Disability

**We are looking for 2 Disability Support Workers for our residential home in the South eastern suburb of Clayton. **You will be responsible for providing support with activities of daily living and developing, implementing and monitoring Individual Plans including personal care.

Our Group home is a house of 5, - 4 ladies and 1 gentleman.

The ladies are all in their 60’s and 70’s and Our male resident is in his 50’s. All residents have communication difficulties.

The ladies have high support needs.They have complex care needs as well with a number of specific plans in place and require support with the transfers - so manual handling experience is preferred

Our Male resident has behaviours of concern, so if you also have experience with Behaviours that would be beneficial.

Join a solid & established team, that works really well together to support our residents. We require someone that can drive the bus, good with computers and systems, but also willing to learn.

**_ Life Without Barriers offers prospective employees, excellent career opportunities within the Disability Development and Support space. _**_As an organisation at the forefront of the sector and a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation we currently employee 8,000 employees in more than 530 communities across Australia. We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. _**_Within the Victorian Disability Accommodation Services arena, we are growing and continue to make a positive difference in the daily lives of adults with disability across 130 houses providing support to 500+ clients across the Melbourne Metropolitan area._**

**If are you looking for**:

- A career that is stimulating, rewarding and uniquely satisfying with a path for further development and personal growth
- Work in supportive teams making a positive impact in the lives of clients **actively** **living** with a disability, achieving inspiring individual goals and helping them live life to the fullest
- A position which offers stability in a sector which is evolving and consistently looking to be more responsive to our clients’ needs by being creative, respectful, courageous and enabling them to achieve outcomes that matter to them.

**The 2 Part time roles we have available offers the following hours & shifts**:
**Roster splits 44:30/50:30 or 55:00/47:30**

Both rosters are a mix of morning, all day and some afternoon shifts - No Sleep overs

**Key Responsibilities Include**:

- Contribute to the day-to-day running of the house
- Develop planned activities in line with departmental policies and guidelines
- Liaise with family members, medical services, departmental services and external services to help meet client needs
- Develop, implement, monitor and review a range of client support plans, with oversight from senior staff, using knowledge of client need, preferences and interests
- Provide quality direct support to clients in line with their support needs, the program they are accessing, and all support plans including Individual Plans
- Administer medication treatments and therapies according to prescribed protocols or otherwise, seek appropriate medical assistance
- Implement development programs and identify and support learning opportunities

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Certificate IV in Disability or equivalent Disability related qualification
- A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate
- A current unrestricted Driver Licence
- Current NDIS check
- A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities
- The ability to develop a positive relationship with service users and to support their Individual Personal Plan
- **Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is essential**

**Benefits**
- Pay rates starting from $26.55 per hour + penalty rates
- Non-profit salary packaging benefits with Maxxia and other employee discounts
- On-going training opportunities in a supportive and collaborative team environment
- We are an organisation that champions diversity, inclusivity, and equality
- An opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations

**To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process**

**Applications will close at midnight on Saturday 21**st** January.**

**Advertised**: 06 Jan 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Tim

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