Disability Support Worker

1 week ago

Penrith, Australia Breakthru Full time

**New Casual opportunity**:

- **Salary Packaging - up to $15,900 per financial year**:

- **Flexibility and work/life balance**:

- **Enhance our customers quality of life**:

- **Based at our Penrith Site**

***About us**:
We are a dynamic, innovative organisation committed to empowering people to create their own futures. Through the provision of high quality person-centered supports, we enable thousands of people every year to access the supports required for mental health, employment, disability & training needs. Working with us, you will be supporting our customers to achieve their goals and aspirations.

**About the role**:
**We have a new** **Disability Support Worker opportunity available to join our growing Penrith team. **You will provide support for people across Penrith and Campbelltown area with a disability to live independently and maintain their best possible social wellbeing. You will support our customers to achieve their personal goals and to live satisfying lives in our community. Being a customer-centric role, you will work with a wide range of customers.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Supporting our customers to achieve their goals
- Facilitating individual & group activities
- Transporting customers to & from services & activities
- Maintain & establish links to community
- Promoting independent decision making
- Work within the principles of person-centred practice
- Must be available Fridays and flexible for other weekdays as needed

**About you**:
You are a passionate and dedicated individual who is looking to make a difference in the community. As a people person, you pride yourself on exceptional customer service whilst ensuring customers achieve their goals and aspirations.

**You will also be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate**:

- Mental Health and/or NDIS experience (essential)
- SLES or group program experience (advantageous)
- Ability to work in a team & individually
- Ability to build rapport with a diverse range of customers
- Experience working with young customers with complex support needs
- Driven, energetic & committed
- Strong communication skills
- Flexible and reliable (essential)
- Current driver's licence (essential)
- Blue Card and Yellow Card (or willing to obtain)
- NDIS Worker Screen (or ability to obtain one is essential)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (or willing to obtain before 15th December) or provide medical exemption certificate

**What we offer**:

- Flexible working arrangements
- Friendly and close-knit team environment
- Supportive & experienced leadership team
- Career progression

This is an exciting opportunity to have a real impact on our customers with a disability. If this sounds like the perfect role for you, CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW

Please note: the successful applicant will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a NDIS Worker Clearance Screen, current criminal record check - 3mths old, working with children check, employment history & referee checks.

**All final applicants for this position will be requested to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination immunisation record or medical exemption certificate as part of the recruitment process**

We champion diversity & encourage people from an Aboriginal, Torres Strait or South Sea Islander background or other culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or people with a disability to talk to us about opportunities within breakthru.

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