Disability Support Worker

17 hours ago


Surry Hills, Australia National Disability and Mental Health Services Full time

National Disability and Mental Health Services (**NDMHS**) is looking for experienced **_Male and _**_Female Disability Support Workers_**_._

The company provides a wide range of services to individuals with a disability and their families. We provide services across Sydney and have many position available.

**Opportunities available in Surry Hills, Ashfield**, **Maroubra, **Sutherland Shire, **Westmead** **, Randwick, Peakhurst, Greenacre, Liverpool, Allawah, Northern Shire and and Sydney City.**

Applicants must be authorized to work in Australia, must have Valid Driving License (Australian or International) and reliable car.

**The Role**:
We are looking to recruit someone who is motivated to provide a range of flexible supports to people with a disability. We are seeking someone who is experienced and passionate and have a positive attitude to support individuals in leading a more independent and fulfilled life.

You will have the ability to assist people with:

- Personal care
- Community engagement
- Domestic assistance
- Learning support
- Behaviour Management & Intervention

**Core objectives include**:

- Provide support to patients with physical and/or intellectual disabilities
- Understand and provide appropriate care to patients with low needs to patients with high needs

who demonstrate a range of challenging behaviours.
- Assisting with activities relating to daily living, community support, and empowerment
- Work under general guidance from the person seeking support, and their family, within clearly

defined guidelines
- Providing personal care to people with disabilities

The above list is not exhaustive, and the role may change to meet the overall objectives of the company.

**Requirements**:

- Current CPR & First Aid (OR willing to obtain before joining)
- Working With Children Check (OR willing to obtain before joining)
- NDIS Worker Check(OR willing to obtain before joining)
- Insured car & valid driving license
- Manual Handling certificate (OR willing to obtain before joining)
- You must be triple vaccinated against **COVID**. Applicants may have a valid medical exemption in place of these vaccination requirements

**Qualities**:

- Professional approach
- Ability to work under pressure
- Organisational and time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- **Desired competencies**
- Analytical thinking
- Initiative
- Tenacity
- Strategic thinking
- A positive approach to change
- **Experience**
- Providing personal care to people with disabilities.
- Supporting people with complex mental health
- Feeding through Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- **Knowledge**
- Feeding through Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- **Skills & competencies**
- Customer service focused: committed to providing exceptional customer service across all channels - written, phone, and face to face
- Communication: The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, varying communication style depending upon the audience
- Attention to detail: excellent attention to detail and written skills when communicating with others, both internally and externally
- Teamwork: willingness to assist and support others as required and get on with team members
- Time management/organization: accomplish objectives effectively within the time frame is

given, and carry out administrative duties within the portfolio in an efficient and timely manner
- **Personal attributes**
- Professional approach (essential)
- Confident manner (essential)
- A positive approach to change (essential)

**Weekly hours: 20-40**

**Pay rate $31-$33 per hour**

COVID-19 considerations:
COVID-19 safety management plan will be provided to the worker.

Work Remotely
- No

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $31.00 - $33.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Morning shift
- Shift work

Supplementary Pay:

- Penalty rates

COVID-19 considerations:
COVID-19 safety management plan will be provided to the worker.

Application Question(s):

- Do you have Manual handling Certificate or willing to have one after joining?
- Do you have a reliable Car?

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Screening check (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)



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