Disability Support Worker

**Join Our Team at RealCare Assist**

We are currently seeking passionate and experienced Disability Support Workers to join our team. Multiple Casual positions available

At RealCare Assist, our mission is to empower participants to maximise their NDIS plans, enhance their independence, and achieve their personal goals. We prioritise placing our participants' voices at the heart of everything we do.
- **Passion and Dedication**: You are committed to supporting our participants and helping them achieve their full potential.
- **Qualifications**: You hold a Certificate III or higher in Disability, Aged Care, or Individual Support (preferred).
- **Experience**: You have experience working with participants who have various disabilities (High care needs - Low care needs, complex mental health and complex physical health).
- **Skilled**: You possess excellent people skills, a sound understanding of NDIS requirements, and experience in mental health care (highly desired).
- **Support Capabilities**: You are skilled in performing personal care tasks, conducting manual handling, and providing care in both home and community settings.
- **Trauma-Informed**: You can approach situations from a trauma-informed perspective to enhance the lives of our participants.
- **Behavior Management**: Knowledge of trauma and its effects on the development and behaviours of people and also providing positive behaviour support.
- **Values**: You value honesty and integrity, demonstrating these in your professional conduct.
- **Flexibility**: You are willing to work various shifts, including days, weekends, nights, and overnights across a 24/7 roster.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To support, enable and empower people with disabilities and their families to live quality lifestyles and participate in activities that are meaningful in their lives Specific duties may include:

- Assist individuals with personal care including personal hygiene and grooming, mealtime assistance and to take medications.
- Assist individuals to access and participate in activities at a range of community venues
- Assist individuals and their families/carers with a range of household tasks including mealtime preparation, general housekeeping and domestic duties.
- Assist individuals to access the community to undertake shopping, bill paying, banking or to attend to medical and other health related appointments.
- Arrange and/or provide transport to and from activities
- To assist people with disabilities to achieve identified goals and develop new skills
- To encourage positive and socially appropriate behaviour and to effectively respond to clients’ needs even when demonstrated in a challenging manner
- To ensure that all matters, individuals (with assistance of a formal or informal decision maker where applicable) are offered the opportunity and support to make informed decisions and choices
- To ensure that the individual’s dignity and privacy is protected at all times
- To ensure that the client’s identity, culture and diversity are valued and respected
- To maintain the necessary records of service provision, and hours worked for the purposes of service administration and accountability
- To provide supports in a safe and competent manner, with care and skill
- To promptly take steps to raise and act on concerns about matters that may impact the quality and safety of support provided to your clients
- To take all reasonable steps to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against, exploitation, neglect and abuse of people with a disability.
- To act with respect for individual rights to freedom of expression, self-determination and decision-making in accordance with applicable laws and conventions
- To act with integrity, honesty and transparency

**Additional Responsibilities**
- To proactively contribute to identifying own training and development needs and to maintain up-to-date knowledge, skills and abilities
- To participate in mandatory training and ongoing staff development and opportunities
- To adhere to organisational policies, procedures, guidelines and instructions
- To contribute effectively to the identification, removal and reduction of workplace hazards and risks that relate to both staff and client’s to ensure a safe and healthy environment
- To contribute effectively to the promotion of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in the workplace
- To contribute effectively to the achievement of continuous improvement

**Qualifications**
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate
- Currently hold a Certificate III in Individual Support or other relevant qualification or are willing to obtain your Certificate III in Individual Support - Disability.

**Key Selection Criteria**
- Good verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively across a range of people and situations
- Ability to perform all physical requirements of the position eg. Manual handling and lifting of up to 20 kgs (wheelchairs