Disability Support Worker

**LOOKING FOR SUPPORT WORKERS FOR ALL MELBOURNE SUBURBS**

Permalink Support Services is a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Provider, that offers Homecare & Community Care services to people with a disability.

Servicing in all regions of Melbourne, Permalink is rapidly growing and expanding its care services in the Northern, Western, Southern, and Eastern regions of Melbourne, supporting more than 500 people each year

Our Disability Support Workers contribute to the achievement of servicing people who require immediate access to services and ongoing rosters of care. Services include providing personal care, assistance with domestic tasks, and facilitating community access.

**We have a diverse client base across the Mornington Peninsula region that requires a range of supports with shifts across 24/7.**

**You will be hired directly by Permalink as an employee and not subcontracted. (TFN only, not ABN)**
- **The Disability Support Workers responsibilities will include and not limited to**:_
- Consistently attend scheduled weekly work sessions, ensure a positive participant experience, and comply with NDIS regulations.
- Responding to participant issues/incident reporting to ensure they are supported in a timely and professional manner.
- Liaising with Permalink participant allocations team, client service managers, participant plan nominees, and participant’s next-of-kin, to gather accurate details of the participant and their Care Plans.
- Coordinating with the Accounts & Payroll team, for shift verification and adjustments;
- Understanding participant NDIS Plans, goals, and Care Plans, to ensure shift tasks are met.
- Personal care, manual handling, and medication administration.
- Transport participants to appointments and community access, as per participant requirements.
- Relaying crucial updates and alerts to the Allocations Team.
- Supporting an inclusive participant-centric culture and proactive approach.
- Contributing to the provision of relevant information and reporting.
- Contributing to the process of documentation and continuous improvement activities.
- Providing information to and participating in different care teams as appropriate.

We are seeking highly driven and motivated individuals with strong verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills. The right people for our team will possess strong problem-solving skills and someone who can exhibit a can-do attitude.

**Please note that experience in the NDIS industry or any healthcare industry is a must**

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Must have evident experience in Disability Care and the NDIS sector
- Fluent and strong verbal and written communication
- NDIS Worker Screener clearance
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- Updated First Aid & CPR
- A current valid Victorian Driver's License and an insured and registered vehicle

**Position Type: Casual Employment**

**YOU MUST BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR AVAILABILITY INCLUDING SATURDAY- SUNDAY AND MUST OWN A CAR**

Should you not be flexible and consistently decline shifts, you will not be considered for further shifts and will be placed as inactive.

**Salary**: $37.45 per hour on a weekday

Weekend rates will be different and will be discussed further during the induction process.

**Benefits**:

- Ongoing casual rosters and weekly pay
- Working within a family-centered environment
- Flexible working hours for optimal work/life balance
- Employee assistance program
- Opportunities for advancement
- Professional development assistance
- Hands-on training, development, and mentoring in a leading provider.
- Join an organization that has a positive impact on our participants and the community.
- Paid travel time and reimbursement of kilometres

COVID-19 considerations:
All Support workers must be vaccinated upon joining.

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $37.45 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Fixed shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Public holidays
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

Application Question(s):

- Do you have qualifications in Disability Care? (Community Services, Individual Support, Nursing, Social Work, etc...Cert I-IV/Diploma/Bachelor's)
- Do you have your own vechicle?

Licence/Certification:

- NDIS Worker Screener (required)
- Victorian Driver's License (required)
- First Aid and CPR (required)
- Police Check (required)
- Working with Children Check (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person