Disability Support Worker

13 hours ago

Seaford Rise, Australia SA Metro Care Full time

**Company description**

We are a small team of professionals who have been working across the disability and mental health services for over a decade. As a registered NDIS provider, our high-quality support services focus on the needs of a participant and their life choices. We are committed to respectful relationships, treating our participants with dignity, and upholding their human rights, and being honest and transparent in our work. We aim to incorporate people’s culture and religion into their needs through their determination. We maintain respect of people’s cultural and religious rights in our practices.

**About the Role**

We are seeking experienced female disability support workers to work with an elderly female participant living in Seaford Rise. You will have experience working with people who have dementia as a requirement of the position. Included in this role is providing one on one individual support, supervision, well-being support, transportation and connecting with services and community groups.

Disability support workers will have previous experience and be confident at working in residential settings supporting them with their needs. This role requires highly skilled individuals who are responsible, reliable, and experienced to work with the person to become as independent as possible.

You will have a nature that is calm, can work under pressure or stressful situations, reliable and enthusiastic.

**Requirements**:

- Experience working with people with dementia.
- Current NDIS worker screening check.
- Minimum Cert IV in Mental Health and/or Cert III in Disability. Other related social and/or health disciplines are highly desirable.
- NDIS Quality Safety and You Certificate.
- Current unrestricted South Australian driver’s license and own vehicle with comprehensive car insurance.
- Assist clients with medication certificate
- Current Manual Handling Certificate.

**Experience and Skills**
- Understanding of Dementia with minimum 1-year experience in the field.
- Demonstrated conflict management skills.
- Experience with problem solving with participant challenges
- Experience working one on one with participants in their homes.
- Good communication skills that results in trust and reliance
- Ability to cope under stressful situations when arise with participant health concerns

**Key Responsibilities include**:

- Providing one on one support to a participant living with dementia
- Assistance with meal preparation and nutrition
- Building participant individual capacity for independent living skills
- Responding to behaviors of concern and working as a team to support the particiapnt’s well-being
- Case notes and record keeping
- Working with SA Metro Care to support participant’s goals and plans
- Following policies and procedures, including NDIS Code of Conduct
- Adhere to Duty of Care policies

**Hours and Availability**

To be eligible for the role you must be available to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends shifts as needed. This may includes passive overnight and active night shifts. There will be some flexibility in your working hours however to be successful in this role you may need to work a mix of weekdays and weekends.

**How to Apply**

For all enquiries please call 08 7480 1810.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $36.00 - $42.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 30/06/2025

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