Disability Support Worker

Become part of our friendly and energetic NDIS Specialists to support customers in South West Sydney areas. The Support Worker position is pivotal in promoting great outcomes for our clients as they embark on a new stage in their journey. Our role is to empower clients to have a fulfilling life, by actively participating in the community and maximising independence, underpinned by values of respect and dignity, choice and control.
- **Your main duties will include**:_
- Providing person-centred support as well as utilising a recovery-focused approach to support customer to achieve their goals
- Providing motivation and support around tasks such as cleaning, cooking, shopping, community participation, medication administration and attending appointments
- Upholding a **high**attention to detail
- Utilising effective communication skills when interacting with customers, colleagues, supervisors and stakeholders
- Ability to operate effectively within a team environment, unsupervised and working individually to support the needs of the customers
- Being responsive when dealing with concerns relating to risk and customer care and an understanding of mandatory reporting guidelines
- Completing customer documentation for allocated customers including; key worker reports, person-centred plans, risk assessments, etc
- Working with your supervisor to identify continuous improvements in regards to customer support and service delivery
- Utilising shift duties to ensure that we are supporting customers effectively and operating at the highest standard
- Working with a range of customers from low, moderate to high needs including personal-care and manual handling for some of our high need's customers
- The ability to work across rosters with shifts ranging from 3-10 hours including potential active overnights to sleepover shift
- Assistance with personal care (e.g. feeding, drinking, toileting, personal hygiene, grooming and dressing) and personal administration (e.g. personal correspondence).
- **We are searching for individuals with**_:

- Strong written and communication skills
- Strong English skills
- Flexible with night shift and weekends (FULL AVAILABILITY ONLY)
- Sound administration and computer literacy skills
- Ability to work within Correlate Connections values, mission and vision statement
- Understanding of the importance of the Disability Standards, and the ability to translate these standards into practice
- Self-motivated individuals with a positive can-do attitude
- **Strong attention to detail**
- **Essential Criteria**:_
- Certificate III (or higher) in either; social work, mental health, disability, community services, aged care, nursing, counselling, psychology (or in progress)
- Experience in actively supporting people with a disability, particularly people who have diverse and complex support needs, within a person-centred framework (including carer experience or work placements)
- Experience with intellectual disabilities (non
- verbal clients) and challenging behaviours a MUST
- Diabetes experience and willing to complete training on this
- Current First Aid Certificate and CPR
- NDIS workers screening
- NDIS workers module training
- Current NSW driver's license
- Basic understanding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
- National Police Clearance
- 2 references
- **Ability to work with flexible rosters including but not limited to morning, afternoon and night time shifts and active over nights.**
- **Benefits**:_
- Roster, including shifts ranging between 3 and 10 hours in duration
- Supportive team and environment
- Work close to home
- Mileage paid
- Ongoing shifts so you can plan your weeks ahead

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $33.00 - $48.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a reliable vehicle?

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (required)
- Working with Children Check (required)
- Driver Licence (required)
- NDIS worker Screener (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person