Disability Support Worker

**Position Description**
- Want to make the world a better place?
- Want a meaningful role helping people get more out of life?
- Keen to contribute to a trusting, joyful and innovative team environment?

With over 1,800 staff across NSW, QLD, SA, and VIC, one of the reasons that Nextt is able to provide such excellent levels of service to over 1,500 people each year is simple; we invest in our people and help them achieve and foster their personal and professional goals.

Nextt has immediate opportunities across the Newcastle and Central Coast region to work with people we support. We are looking for casual mental health, attendant care and disability support workers for a wide variety of services like community access and activities of daily living. We will be hosting a Nextt Open Day at our Toronto office so that we can introduce and connect you to our person-centred service delivery team and to see how things are done here at Nextt.

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About Nextt: *

A career at Nextt offers variety of opportunities to work with our diverse range of people in a professional, friendly, and challenging work environment. Over the last 20 years we have built a strong service that specialises in supporting people with a broad range of disabilities including autism, psycho-social disability, cognitive support needs, high physical support needs and Acquired Brain Injury

At Nextt, we aim to give you job satisfaction and career development in equal measures. It’s not just a job - It’s a career path

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Benefits At a Glance: *

We employ support workers who are compassionate, reliable, flexible, and willing to go above and beyond, and we recognise the talent of our professionals by investing back into them.

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Flexibility:

- We at Nextt believe in work-life balance where we schedule you according to your availability and in collaboration with the wider team. The hours of work vary (minimum 2 hours) and include weekday, evening, night, and weekend shifts.

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Career Advancement:

- We love to be surrounded by great people consistently. This is achieved by continuously looking after those people we have. In fact, over 30% of our current Service Managers were already working with our teams prior to appointment. Specialisation is also a high-value career advancement opportunity available to all our employees.

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Paid Training:

- We take pride in the robust training and mentoring services we provide to our people. Our training programs are designed to guide our people through a foundational level of knowledge, to core skills, and then to advanced level of expertise. Best part - all of our support worker training are funded

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Employee Support:

- We have a dedicated Service Delivery and After-Hours team to make sure help is always there when needed anytime during your shift.

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Income Tax:

- Filing your tax return can be overwhelming. Here at Nextt, we provide assistance in summarising your income tax and calculate income received in that fiscal year and the amount of taxation (if any) deducted.

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Strong Values-Based Culture: *We don’t see our people as resources, but rather as people. In return for providing us with your skills, talent, and loyalty, you will enjoy a professional, welcoming, and friendly environment to work in.

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Diversity of Work:
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What to expect at the Newcastle Open Day?*

On the day, our passionate and dedicated members of the Service Delivery, P&C, Recruitment and Onboarding teams will be there to meet and greet you and to share how Nextt helps our people get more out of life. You will then participate in individual interviews to help us get an understanding of your passions, capabilities, and experience. Should you successfully progress through the process, the team will be able to match your skills and availability to current vacancies on the day. Pending reference checks, they will also be able to book you into Orientation and Induction the following week which means you can start your career at Nextt ASAP.

In order for us to fast track these opportunities when you register your interest, you will be sent an online pre-employment registration where you can upload the below documents which are required for you to be able to start at Nextt:
**Required Documents**:

- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
- Working with Children Check
- Full drivers' licence and copy of care rego and insurance
- Proof of up-to-date Covid-19 Vaccination
- Passport/Birth Certificate
- Vevo/Visa Copy (if applicable)
- Applicable Qualifications
- NDIS Orientation Module

We aim to make a measurable improvement in the quality of life of the people we assist by supporting them to achieve their goals, engage more and learn new skills. If you share our passion to help people get more out of life, join us in this challenging and deeply rewarding work. You will know that you’ve made a measurable difference in people’s lives.

**Job Type**: Casual

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Flexible hours
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