Disability Support Worker

**What is the job description for my support workers?**
- Access in the Community,
- Social and Recreational Activities and,
- Daily Living Skills. **Employment**:

- Travel and Transport
- SIL/TA
- Support Coordination and more

**Position Overview** - What can you expect of your support workers?

Support workers of Patience Community Services can perform tasks following these general guidelines:

- Assist you with personal care, healthcare, and hygiene. This could be in areas such as dressing, bathing, toileting, and eating.
- Assist you to develop community skills. This could include tasks like budgeting, shopping, cooking, and management of your home.
- Support activities of mobility and transferring, which promote independence. Please make sure you have provided clear instructions so the support worker can undertake this work.4
- Support you with necessary household duties such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry activities.
- Support you to keep yourself and your environment safe, clean and healthy.
- Assisting in medication management or attending medical appointments. Please make sure you have provided clear instructions to enable the Support Worker to undertake this work safely.
- Supporting social, vocational and community activities
- Developing relationships in the wider community.
- Assisting in the development of care plans.
- Secretarial support and/or assisting with administrative functions.
- Support workers perform all duties with professionalism and care.
- Support workers manage their time, and plan and organise their work.
- Support workers display sound judgment, initiative, confidentiality, and sensitivity.
- Support workers will use common sense and approach you for guidance where tasks, activities or duties are beyond the scope of what could reasonably be expected from someone in the role of support worker.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will have:
**Minimum requirement** *
- Qualifications in Certificate 3 Aged Care, Certificate 4 in Disability /HACC /Individual Support
- Current First Aid Certificate and CPR
- Current Victorian Driver’s license
- Police check, dated within last 3 months.
- At least six months’ experience working in Aged Care, Disability, Home and Community Care is preferred.
- Social Welfare, Community Services and Mental Health Certificate 4 qualifications are advantageous.

**License/Certification**:

- Working with Children Check (required)
- Australian driver's license (required)
- First Aid (required)
- Australian National Police Check (preferred)
- C3 Aged Care or C4 in Disability/HACC /Individual Support (required)

**Salary**: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Travel reimbursement
- Regular Training and Development
- Flexibility
- Management Support

**Schedule**:

- 10-hour shift
- 12-hour shift
- 8-hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

**COVID-19 considerations**:
All workers must have masks and proof of at least 3 covid vaccinations prior to starting work. This is for the safety of the elderly and the people living with disabilities and their families.

We ask for your cooperation in ensuring that all support workers are only given tasks which fall within the permitted tasks given above.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Casual
Part-time hours: 30 per week

**Salary**: $25.24 - $30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Flexible hours
- Morning shift
- Rotating roster

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Penalty rates

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (required)
- Working with Children Check (required)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (required)
- National Police Certificate (required)
- Driver Licence (required)
- Do you haver cert 3 or 4 in Disability or Aged Care? (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (required)

Work Location: In person