Support Worker

$37.85 (includes casual loading)
- Supportive and inclusive workplace culture
- Join one of Australia's most established Not-For-Profit organisations

**About the opportunities**:
Due to ongoing growth, Northcott is currently looking for several committed, friendly and professional individuals to join our team.

**Typical duties may include**:

- Supporting customers to develop and maintain independence.
- Supporting customers with personal care including bowel care, peg feeding, catheterisation and other health and hygiene issues such as eating, dressing, toileting and showering.
- Performing various household tasks including menu planning, cooking and serving meals, cleaning, shopping and other activities of daily living.
- Implementing behaviour support plans aimed at supporting individuals who demonstrate behaviours of concern to achieve their goals.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Evidence of compliance with any Public Health Orders applicable at the time - including evidence of COVID-19 vaccination + booster or medical contraindication certificate.
- Demonstrated commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs of customers
- Demonstrated ability to develop positive relationships with customers and to support their individual care plans, as appropriate.
- Demonstrated experience supporting customers with psychosocial disability, dementia, intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, epilepsy and behaviours of concern.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexibility to work on a 24/7 rotating roster; you will be required to work across morning, afternoon and active night shifts, including weekend and public holiday shifts
- A current Australian Driver's Licence
- NSW Working With Children Check (or willingness to obtain)
- NDIS Worker Check
- Current First Aid and CPR certificate (or willingness to obtain)

**Covid Vaccination Status**
The health and safety of our people, customers and communities is our number one priority. This means that we require all of our employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid 19 and maintain regular booster shots (unless granted an exemption). Evidence of your current vaccination status or medical exemption will be required.

**Diversity and Inclusion Statement