Disability Support Worker

DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER

As part of our Disability, Mobility and Services team, you are to carry out lawful duties, following directions with group/program/individual activities aimed at supporting and assisting persons with a disability in their living and/or community environment. Support workers are also expected to present a positive and professional image of Aurora Community Care when interacting with clients, family members, advocates, service providers, funding bodies and the general community.

Location: Location varies, however we have an immediate start for a job in Mount Druitt.

Overall concept:
Supporting people living in their own homes in their day-to-day living, ensuring that they have maximum opportunity for developing valued and valuing lifestyles. Support workers will be clear that their professional engagement with clients is concerned with generating quality personal relationships, which are supportive and life enhancing. They will provide opportunities for choice, self-advocacy and participation in matters relating to the home as well as facilitating access to community services and facilities. To support client with all aspects of everyday living - personal care, washing, cleaning, laundry, preparing and cooking meals and shopping.

Main Responsibilities

1. Carry out designated duties/tasks as per the service duty roster, and other reasonable duties as instructed by the employer from time to time.

2. To perform direct care duties for individual clients as specified in the service agreement including

(but not limited to):

- Personal Care
- Showering/bathing
- Dressing/grooming
- Toileting
- Preparing meals
- Assisting individual clients to eat their meals
- Providing clients with additional support where required, such as gastrostomy feeding where appropriate training has been provided.
- Assist with client’s physical and mobility requirements in accordance with training provided and the relevant workplace health and safety standard, including transferring of clients.

3. To provide other support to individual clients as required such as:

- Personal administration
- shopping for and with clients
- banking and paying bills (where applicable)
- Supervision of client’s medication requirements
- Washing and ironing of personal clothes
- Ensuring that bathing areas and clients appliances are kept in a clean condition
- Performing household duties and ensuring the house is clean and tidy
- Tidying of client’s rooms
- Identifying the need for, and supporting client to attend, medical/therapist appointments
- Behavioural support
- Transport as required
- Community Access

4. Facilitate community inclusion and participation, dependent on individual needs, abilities and preferences, and support clients to establish and maintain relationships and interests through access to community activities, venues and services.

5. Carry out as instructed and/or designated - and demonstrate initiative - task and activities aimed at meeting the clients personal/living community needs, team objectives and/or program goals which is consistent with Aurora Community Care’s practice.

6. Carry out and promote positive routines/duties/activities in a cooperative respectful and flexible manner, which are meaningful and purposeful to the individual

7. Encourage positive and socially appropriate behaviour, and effectively manage challenging behaviour.

8. Promote empowerment and the right of choice for all people in need of support within the community.

9. Respond to crisis within specified guidelines (i.e. Disability Services Manual, Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, service duty roster), and seek assistance to situations outside of specified guidelines.

10. Participate in developing and monitoring individual program plans and be accountable for their outcomes.

11. To be aware of safe working conditions and implement safe working practices in all work areas and report potential hazards, incidents and concerns in a professional and timely manner.

12. Maintain current knowledge and understanding of the relevant organisational and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.

Qualifications & Experience

1. Possess and demonstrate sound disability (or allied health/welfare/education field) experience, knowledge and/or training relevant to the position.

2. Current First Aid Certificate

3. Working with children check

4. Depending on your position you might not need a qualification

5. Certificate III in Disability Care or above would give you a wider range of duties that you can do.

6. Compulsory third party insurance on private vehicle (to be used for work purposes)

7. General awareness of health & safety issues training will be provided

Key Behavioural Indicators

1. Demonstrating leadership to achieve vision

2. Demonstrating a genuine personal commitment for striving towards continued organisational improvement

3. Listening and responding to client/service needs within organisat