Disability Support Worker

About the Organisation

Empowering people with disability to live life the way theychoose 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 500 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.

About the Role

Joining our Supported Independent Living (SIL) team, you will provide support 5 people with disability living in shared housing in Kirrawee who enjoy watching planes at the airport, going to Darkes Forest to see horses and swimming

The people you will be supporting require a range of support and so, successful candidates must be experienced and confident in working within a varied environment which may include high behaviours of concern (including high volume swearing), high medical needs, high intensity daily personal activities and heavy hoisting and manual handling.

The successful candidate must be able to commit one of the set permanent part time rosters below:

• 30 hours per fortnight
• Week 1: Mon 4:30-8:30pm, Tue 1-7pm and Sun 1 - 5:30pm
• Week 2: Mon 6am - 2pm, Tue 4:30-8:30pm and Thu 6-9:30am
• 27 hours per fortnight
• Week 1: Mon 1- 7pm and Tue 6-9:30am
• Week 2: Mon 1 -7pm, Tue 6-9:30am, Thu 1-5:30pm and Sat 2 - 5:30pm

Key Responsibilities

• Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
• Provide assistance with High Intensity daily personal activities
• Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
• Maintain thorough record keeping
• Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
• Advocate for client choice and control

Skills & Experience

• Experience working with people with disability
• Previous experience working behaviours of concern
• Prior experience working with high medical needs
• Confidence in driving a wheelchair van
• Manual Handling and Hoisting experience
• An unrestricted Australian driver's licence
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate

At Life Without Barriers we consider gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, and so we ask that only Female applicants apply.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and obtain an NDIS Clearance.

Benefits

• Hourly rate from $34.58
• Stable, predictable rosters
• Opportunity to work alongside and learn from clinical staff
• Access to wellbeing program for employees and families
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click 'Apply' and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller at

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 26th of October