Casual Social Support Worker 3 Hours Pd

**URGENT NDIS Assistance with Daily Personal Activities**

1 X NDIS SUPPORT PERSONAL CARE WORKERS - WALKERVILLE & HILLCREST SA
- **Casual worker #1 Hours: 2 hour/shifts (daytime) 3 days per week.**:

- **10-12pm approx. MONDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, WALKERVILLE - memory loss**

ACTIVELY Listen to clients stories,

Shopping

Make lunch in a timely manner, stay with her to ensure she eats the meal

Knowledge of cooking a protein such as fish or meat with salad or vegetables.

Take to appointments as required

Must be of patient and kind disposition. Client can be moody

Medication assistance

REPORTS TO: Support Coordinator

BRIEF

? Assistance with Daily Personal Activities - to enable people with some complex needs to live as autonomously as possible - supports are provided by personnel with experience/qualification. You will be providing in home personal care & domestic assistance for our disabled participants. And taking participants to where they need to go.

**Duties**:
Medication assistance

Transport to and from appointments as needed

Cooking

Assistance with day to day living - where possible, capacity building in the participants' life

Support to build independence and personal control

Varies in accordance with participants needs.

Other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL: Meet all NDIS reporting requirements.
- **#2 WORKER - 1 X PERSONAL CARE WORKER/SOCIAL SUPPORT**:

- **3-5 MORNINGS PW, ONGOING, OCCASIONAL SATURDAY - HILLCREST for a young boy, not mobile, nasal tube for food intake**:

- **7am-9am TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY ongoing, may eventuate 5 days pw**

USE OF LIFTER, USES ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AND WHEELCHAIR DISABILITY VEHICLE

TRANSFERS WITH A 2ND WORKER

BATHS

DRESSING

REGULAR CHANGING OF NAPPIES ETC

MUST BE KIND, COMPASSIONATE AND PATIENT

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Disability Support Worker - Minimum Cert III in Disability**

ESSENTIAL:
Current DHS Disability Clearance & Working With Children Clearance

Current First Aid Certificate & CPR

Current Manual Handling Certificate

Medications

CHANGE YR LIFE PTY LTD EXISTS TO:

- Provide support to participants with a physical, psycho-social and/or mental health illness disability participating in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
- Pursue our participants' goals, objectives and aspirations
- Increase our participants independence
- Increase social and economic participation, and build peoples capacity to actively take part in the community.
- Be compassionate to our participants and team members alike

Vision Statement

We will always bring:

- A positive difference

A smile

Work towards our client's self direction/s

Good work

Best outcomes

Compassion - Caring - Positivity - Trust - Respect - Integrity - Quality - Flexibility

Mission Statement

We will work with clients - person centred all the way

Our Team members and Participants enjoy a happy, positive and honest workplace.

AT CHANGE YR LIFE PTY LTD: Working with our participants is a great responsibility and our aim is to make a positive difference in their lives and yours.

We will, wherever possible complete tasks in the manner asked for by the participant and/or their nominee. After all, it is their home and they have a right to have things done their way/not our way.

We are ethical, decent and honest and extend that service through our team members to our participants

Our entire team is positive and open in our outlook

We will all endeavour to work together to do this in an optimistic and encouraging way.

We will be a holistic service to meet the goals and requirements of our clients with positive, efficient vibrant team members and offer innovative social programs and services

We will always listen and be fair

Wherever possible we will implement changes for the better

Suggestions are gratefully received

We will endeavour to be a happy and great work environment and pay you on time.

ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS:
Willing to make a positive difference in our participants' lives

Be happy and positive with our participants, always

Willingness to be flexible as it can be a changing environment

Smile

Always remain PERSON CENTRED - meaning that our clients' lives are driven by themselves not us

Treat everybody with respect

Don't be aggressive or yell

Do everything in your power to make your work environment safe, minimising hazards, inspiring and a happy place

Look for and offer opportunities to assist our clients to become more social in their own circle/s and/or our social programs

Ensure you write up any activities after every shift

Professionalism means boundaries - do not socialise with clients outside of our work and/or programs and/or services

Never cause harm, abuse or impose your will on others including physically, psychologically, neglectfully or sexually

You want to work in a positive environment and you contribute to making it as such

Report any changes, concerns, hazards, incidences, work health and safety issues