Urgent Hire

**URGENT HIRE - Female Disability Support Worker | Full Day Shifts | Rochedale, QLD**

**Location**: Rochedale, QLD
**Schedule**: Monday to Thursday (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM), plus every second Friday
**Start Date**: Immediate

**Compass Connect Support Services** is urgently seeking a qualified, reliable, and compassionate **Female Disability Support Worker** to provide one-on-one support to a young female participant with multiple disabilities, including **Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder**, and **mobility challenges**.

This is a consistent, fixed-weekday role ideal for someone seeking meaningful work that directly impacts quality of life.

**Please note**: This position is open to female applicants only due to participant-specific personal care needs, as permitted under **Section 30 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD).**

**About the Role**

You will provide holistic, hands-on support tailored to the participant’s physical, behavioural, and emotional needs. Key responsibilities include:

- Personal care: Showering, dressing, toileting, hygiene
- Manual handling: Safe wheelchair support and transfers (manual wheelchair)
- Feeding and dietary support (as needed)
- Emotional regulation and routine stability
- Support with aquatic-based activities (must be a confident swimmer)
- Implementing strategies from the participant’s Behaviour Support Plan
- Clear, simplified communication techniques
- Accurate daily notes and collaboration with family and care team

**Participant Profile**
- Young female NDIS participant
- Diagnoses: Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Semi-verbal with impulsive behaviour (e.g. grabbing objects/people)
- Uses a manual wheelchair and requires full mobility support
- Engages in water-based therapies

**We’re Looking For Someone Who Is**:

- Female (due to participant’s gender-specific personal care needs)
- A **confident swimmer**:

- Calm, consistent, and responsive to behaviours of concern
- Physically fit and trained (or willing to be trained) in manual handling
- Experienced in disability care, ideally with complex and behavioural needs
- Respectful of privacy, dignity, and professional boundaries

**Mandatory Requirements (or willing to obtain)**:

- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
- Working with Children Check (Blue Card - Paid Employee)
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate (HLTAID011 or equivalent)
- Manual Handling training (or willingness to complete prior to commencement)
- Certificate III or IV in Disability, Individual Support, or Community Services
- Valid Australian Driver’s Licence
- COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (minimum two doses)

**What We Offer**
- **Immediate start** and fixed weekly shifts
- Supportive team and responsive coordination
- Regular professional development opportunities
- A positive, purpose-driven workplace where your role makes a difference

**How to Apply**

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview. Full compliance checks will be completed before engagement.

**Equal Opportunity Statement**

Compass Connect Support Services is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This role is open to **female applicants only** in line with participant needs, and as legally permitted under **Section 30 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)**.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Casual

Pay: $24.95 - $54.27 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person