Disability Client Professionals

**Location**:
Clayton South

Employment Type:
FP - Full-Time Permanent

Department:
ACO Oakes Avenue

Supporting Documentation:

- Position Description**About Central Bayside Community Health Services**

CBCHS is a for-cause, not-for-profit organisation providing a wide range of allied health, dental, child development, disability and aged care services to more than 15,000 clients every year in and around the City of Kingston. Many of our clients are differently abled, socially isolated, financially disadvantaged or exposed to other socio-economic vulnerabilities.

CBCHS Adult Community Options are run from multiple sites across the south eastern suburbs, two unique Parkdale sites, Edithvale, Clayton South and Cheltenham. We provide support when and where you need it - at our four unique day support centres, in the community, or in your home.

**About the Role**

**Central Bayside Community Health Services (CBCHS**) - Adult Community Options team has an exciting opportunities for compassionate and motivated Client Support Professionals.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Client Support Professional to work collectively and enhance our team on** Full Time Permanent** basis. With flexible hours to suit you between 8.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday with **no late nights or weekend work required**. We support people with a range of abilities, from independent, high and complex support needs.

We offer a variety of choice with interesting group activities, with foundations in Recreation and Leisure, Creative Arts and the Mind Body and Spirit. We also include personalized day trips and individualised 1:1 support. We take time to understand our clients goals and aspirations, and pro-actively develop positive support strategies to enhance their quality of life.

Our professional support team provides high a standard of support with self-care and personal hygiene, health support including medication, administering medication, epilepsy and emotional regulation.

Our team has a focus in delivering support for local community, making a real difference to our client’s lives.

**What sets us apart?**

**CBCHS Adult Community Options team **puts the individual client’s choice and control first. Protect, promote and uphold the rights of people with a disability. Delivering high quality outcomes for clients. Provides support to a range of people with a disability in all activities, including tasks that involve manual handling and personal hygiene.

Focus on wellness based supports, mornings are based around meditation and low stimulating activities. The afternoon includes community and centred based activities. We welcome clients the freedom to be seen and heard.

**About our clients**

Some of our favourite onsite activities include gardening, crafts and cooking. We also love going to cafes and gardens.

A few of our participants need more support with emotional regulation

Why - we have
- People who set their own routines
- People who are focused on items or food
- People who struggle to have their communication

This may result in behaviours of concern. However we support setting the tone and creating a calm environment.

**Responsibilities**

Client Support/Program Delivery
- Passionate about delivering high quality outcomes for clients
- Ability and willingness to provide support to a range of people with a disability in all activities - tell us about your passion or talent in the cover letter is it Yoga, Art, Dance, Cooking, sporting etc.
- Your passion for clients will see you put the client’s choice and control first, and ensure you protect, promote and uphold the rights of people with a disability.
- Providing active day-to-day care, support and direction to clients in both 1:1 and/or group programs
- Providing full support to clients in all centred and community programs (including swimming)
- Individual personal care needs of clients, as required (including full physical assistance with lunches and incontinent clients)
- 1:1 centre based support to clients to actively participate in activities
- Actively support clients with Behaviours of Concern, in accordance with their Behaviour Support Plan in consultation with the site manager
- Liaise with site supervisor about any matters related to clients including the report any incidents immediately they may occur - this may be verbally to the site manager
- Always supporting the rights of people with a disability, in accordance with Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Provide person centred support and support client choice and control
- Medication administration
- Respect clients right to privacy and confidentiality
- Maintain an orderly, clean, safe and hygienic environment at all times
- Comply with relevant legislation and guidelines for disability services, including the NDIS Code of Conduct

**About you**
- Demonstrated experience working with disability adult clients
- An understanding of the Disability sector, NDIS a