Disability Support Workers

**Experienced Disability Support Workers**:

- ** Several positions are available**:

- ** Experience with high care and behaviour's of concern will be an advantage.**

**About Cocoon SDA Care**

Cocoon SDA Care provides support staff to NDIS-registered provider. Our houses offer our participants a place they can call home, whilst encouraging independence and lifestyle choices that suit their individual needs. Our highly skilled and passionate team is dedicated to supporting our Participants to live life to the full.

**About the role**:

- Multiple positions will be available.
- If you have the passion for supporting individuals to realise their full potential, make choices and be in control of the decisions that affect their lives, this could be the opportunity for you.
- Professional Development opportunities for learning and career growth.
- We are seeking casual Disability Support Workers who have experience in supporting participants with high complex needs, that will eventually lead to permanent part time or full-time positions.
- Enable our participants to shape and improve their lives.
- Enjoy working in a family-friendly, supportive, close-knit working environment driven by strong values.
- 15+ hours per week paid employment
- Experience in complex behaviours of concerns.
- Providing complex care and support to participant with challenging behaviours and ability to comply individual Behaviour Support Plan.
- Ability to complete medical charts and records.
- Providing support around personal care, including bed bath/showering, toileting, dressing and medication administration.
- Ability to recognise and understand to individual changes.
- Domestic duties for a clean and hygienic environment and workplace. Cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation.
- Empowering and supporting individual support needs, improving daily living with level of understanding of cognitive impairment, Autism Spectrum, intellectual disability and psychosis diagnosis.
- Experience in working with youths with challenging behaviours advantage.

**What’s in for you?**

You'll experience a rewarding career where your skills and commitment are recognised and rewarded. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy working in a family-friendly, supportive, close-knit working environment driven by strong values.
- Consistent shifts that offer stability & the chance to have a real impact.
- Online specialised & the on-job training.
- Flexible work hours.
- EAP services

**Mandatory requirement**
- Certificate III in Individual Support Disability, Aged care or equivalent
- First Aid, CPR, Manual Handling, and Medication Administration training or willing to obtain.
- Current Driver’s License

Please note that the successful applicant will be required to hold or be willing to obtain a National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS Worker Screening check and a Working with Children Check.

**Application Process**

Please ensure you attach a resume detailing why you would be a great addition to the Cocoon SDA Care team.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. (No agencies please)