Psychosocial Disability Support Worker- North

**MISSION**
Sunny Pine Home Care mission is to enable each person we support to live as an empowered and equal individual. We aim to provide quality, sustainable, and flexible services that uphold human rights and create opportunities and endorse individuals to live the life they choose.

**VISION**
Sunny Pine Home Care will inspire and lead change to deliver best practice, we will:

- Support and listen to each person and their representative
- Provide leadership to influence strategy and policy
- Deliver person-centered flexible and responsive services to build a sustainable future
- Build on our foundation for success through our expertise in service delivery, workforce development, quality improvement and research
- Provide high quality, professional and individualized support

**ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES**You will be working closely with our participants, other service providers, stakeholders, managers andsupport workers to ensure effective and timely supports are provided to meet client needs in line with their NDIS packages and Sunny Pine Home Care policies and procedures.You will be responsible for:

- Assisting in developing and implementing client-specific programs to help individuals build strong social skills and encourage independence where possible
- Providing support in community-based settings, group homes, respite, participant’s homes
- Providing support based on a person-centered approach, supporting inclusion and participation
- Providing support to assist clients with daily life tasks as well as community participation
- Working effectively both in a team and with different client ratios such as 1:1, 1:3 etc
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders
- Being available to work a variety of shift types, including early morning, afternoon, evening, weekends, sleepovers and active nights
- Creating and complying to an Individual Support Plan
- Complying with all recording requirements, including but not limited to: recording medication administration, completing incident reports, completing participant progress notes, updating participant support plans and accounting for cash expenditure
- Attending and participating in scheduled supervision meetings with Service Manager or Operations Manager
- Ensuring own hours worked are accurately recorded and reflect actual hours worked
- Taking reasonable care for your own health and safety and for that of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements
- Adhering to all Sunny Pine Home Care policies and procedures and NDIS guidelines and regulations
- All other duties as directed by Management
- Work a range of different shifts including day, evening and overnight.
- Travel to assist participants with services in group homes, personal homes, facilities and more.

**ELIGIBILITY**

To be eligible to accept this role you will have provided the following:
 NDIS Workers Screening Check (includes National Police Check)
 International Police Check (where applicable)
 Evidence of current Working with Children’s check (where applicable)
 Evidence of a current Driver’s License (International or Australian whichever is applicable)
 Signed and witnessed Statutory Declaration Form
 Evidence of relevant Qualifications
 Evidence of your right to work in Australia (Visa, unless you are an Australian Citizen or Permanent
Resident)
 Current First Aid Certificate - Level 2
 NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
 A smart phone device

**Job Types**: Casual, Part-time
Part-time hours: 38 per week

**Salary**: From $28.95 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Flexible hours
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Public holidays
- Weekend availability

Licence/Certification:

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

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)