Disability Support Worker. Permanent Part Time

**Job no**: 502092

**Employment type**: Part Time

**Location**: Melbourne

**Categories**: Disability

Empowering people with disability to live life the way _they _choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 530 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply

We are currently looking for a part time Disability Support Worker(DDSO1/1Q) for the house team, situated in Doncaster East. In this role you will be responsible for providing a tailored service for people with disabilities, across their life cycle and in all domains of life, to enable access to a life of dignity, respect and social inclusion in the least restrictive environment.

As the successful applicant in this role you will work to facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with and for the clients within the house. This role involves working with clients with Behaviours of concern. We are looking for someone who is open to arrange of experiences and is willing to implement behaviour management strategies.

**About the role**

We are looking for a Disability Support Worker for a Part time opportunity in Doncaster East. You will be responsible for providing support with activities of daily living and developing, implementing and monitoring Individual Plans’.

You will also work to facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with clients. This role involves working with clients with various medical needs and behaviours.

As the successful applicant in this role you will work to facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with and for male clients within the house. This role involves working with clients with Behaviours of concern. We are looking for someone who is open to arrange of experiences and is willing to implement behaviour management strategies.

**This role is part time ongoing. The roster details are outlined as hours per fortnight below**:
**Roster 1 - Fortnightly Split**:

- Fortnight 1: 37:30
- Fortnight 2: 46:00

**This roster is a mixture of morning & afternoon shifts, some split shifts, No Sleep over shifts. You will be required to work 2 weekends per month.**

Rosters cannot be changed nor negotiated.

Please note: A more detailed roster can be provided upon request. - We encourage you to request to view roster prior to applying.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Contribute to the day-to-day running of the house
- Develop planned activities in line with departmental policies and guidelines
- Liaise with family members, medical services, departmental services and external services to help meet client needs
- Develop, implement, monitor and review a range of client support plans, with oversight from senior staff, using knowledge of client need, preferences and interests
- Provide quality direct support to clients in line with their support needs, the program they are accessing, and all support plans including Individual Plans
- Administer medication treatments and therapies according to prescribed protocols or otherwise, seek appropriate medical assistance
- Implement development programs and identify and support learning opportunities

**Key Requirements**
- A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate
- A current unrestricted Driver Licence
- A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities
- The ability to develop a positive relationship with service users and to support their Individual Personal Plan
- Previous experience working in an environment with Autistic clients highly regarded
- You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident to be considered for this position.

**Benefits**
- Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
- Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
- Great opportunity to establish a career within a stable, growing and well recognised, forward thinking, services provider - with a healthy remuneration package including Salary Sacrificing Benefit

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