Support Worker

**MD Home and Care Service's** are urgently looking for dedicated, hardworking and compassionate Contractred Support Workers for multiple clients in West Melbourne.
- **MUST speak Italian or Greek. **_

**Benefits**
- Support clients to achieve their goals
- Regular Clients
- Consistent shifts that offer stability & the chance to have a real impact
- Flexible Shifts
- Travel Allowance

**To be successful you must**:

- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Your own ABN
- Hold a current CPR and/or First Aid Certificate
- Immunisation History Statement
- Police Criminal Record check
- Working with Children (prefered)
- Public Liability Insurance
- Have completed the NDIS Worker Orientation Module: “Quality, safety and you”
- Knowledge of policies, such as Code of Conduct and Health and Safety system, with special emphasis on the Risk Management, Manual Handling, Emergency Preparedness and Online Reporting. (Information about these policies and procedures will be provided to you during your time at MD Home Care and Services.
- Be a kind, caring and empathetic individual with a passion for supporting people to the best of your ability
- Exceptional communication skills.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- You are responsible for managing your time, and for planning and organising your own work, within the general guidance which may be provided by the individual or Client you support.
- Perform activities requiring the exercise of sound judgment, initiative, confidentiality, and sensitivity in the performance of work. However, guidance should be available to you should you need it.
- Follow all MD Home and Care Service's guidelines in regard to incident reporting, mandatory reporting, providing feedback and raising concerns.

You must not provide in person support in your own home. As a general rule, MD Home and Care Service support workers may be asked to provide support in the following areas:

- Assisting Clients with personal care, health care and hygiene in areas such as dressing, bathing, toileting and eating.
- Assisting Clients to develop daily living skills by facilitating their participation in budgeting, shopping, meal planning and preparation, cooking and management of residence.
- Supporting activities of mobility and transferring, which promote independence.
- Clear instructions should be provided by the Client and/or the Account Manager to enable you to undertake this work.
- Supporting necessary household duties such as cooking, cleaning and laundry activities.
- Supporting Clients to keep themselves and their environments safe, clean and healthy.
- Support the health and wellbeing of the Client, such as taking medications or attending medical appointments.
- Clear instructions should be provided by the Client to enable you to undertake this work.
- Preparation for, and assistance with, leaving the home on outings for social, vocational or recreational purposes.
- Following specific support plans in relation to the Clients needs to care plans for the Client or their representative.
- Provide the Client with assistance with administrative tasks.
- Supporting the dignity of risk of the Client, and supporting individual decision making.

We are leading experts in Health Care Recruitment. We would love to discuss employment opportunities, market trends and all things relating to health care employment.

**MD Home and Care Service **is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in the recruitment, development, retention, and promotion of staff. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. No one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.

**Job Type**: Subcontract

**Salary**: $35.00 - $54.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexible hours

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a current NDIS Worker Screening Check?

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- National Police Certificate (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: On the road