Disability Support Worker

Location - Box Hill VIC
- $35 - $39.99 ph
- Flexible shifts to suit your lifestyle

**Disability Support Worker**

As a Disability Support Worker with Trusted Care Partners, you will join a team of other carers, responsible for caring and supporting people with disabilities in the home, residential establishments, clinics and hospitals. You will also provide companionship and emotional support, and when possible, promote independence and community participation.

A day in the life as a Disability Support Worker with Trusted Care Partners may see you support our clients with;
- In-home support with health issues and daily living tasks such as washing, dressing, eating, transport and budgeting.
- Assist clients during domestic activities such as eating meals and showering
- Provide companionship and support during daily activities.
- Cook and serve meals, clean premises, wash, iron and perform other household tasks.
- Assist people with self-medication.

**What we're looking for**

As a patient, flexible and understanding individual with a supportive and caring nature, ideally with experience within the disability or health care sectors, you’ll have;
- Experience supporting people with disabilities.
- Commitment to the rights of people with disabilities to live dignified lives.
- Good communication skills.
- Able to accept responsibility.
- Able to work as part of a team, cope with the physical demands of the job, and perform domestic duties efficiently.

Desirable, however not essential;
- Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent.
- Valid driver’s licence with access to a comprehensively insured vehicle.

**Our benefits**

As a Trusted Care Partners employee, benefits you'll be able to take advantage of include;
- Access to a marketplace of retail savings from leading Aussie retailers
- Exclusive access to wellness hub benefits and perks offers such as financial wellness, mental resilience, and physical health
- Monthly recognition and reward for 'Employee of the Month'
- Novated car leasing
- Ongoing training and development
- Career development opportunities

**Who we are**

Our mission is to empower and encourage the disabled to be a part of the community. We want to be with them during their struggles, and to help them get past those. A disability shouldn’t be the cause of compromise.

Specialising in 24-hour disability programs for individuals with multiple and complex needs, we're proud to be a trusted and registered service provider with the NDIA.

We enable our people to provide the best possible care to our clients by continuously investing in their learning, development and wellbeing.

**Our culture**

We are committed to developing a culture that lives by the Trusted Care Partners values; **empower**, **improve**, **coordinate **and **serve**.

Trusted Care Partners is proud to be an EEO employer. We support an inclusive approach in the workplace. We celebrate our diversity and welcome all staff regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity and lifestyle choices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

From the moment you step through our doors, you'll feel welcome and supported to do your best work and really make a difference in people's lives.

**To APPLY**

**We are deeply committed to keeping our clients safe and so we require all Trusted Care Partners people to hold Proof of working rights in Australia, NDIS Worker Screening Clearance issued in the State of Victoria, Employee Working with Children Check card issued in the State of Victoria, and Full COVID vaccinations.