Arabic Persian Croatian Speaking Disability Support Workers

URGENT DISABILITY- in-home SUPPORT WORKERS

8am - 10am MONDAY and THURSDAY = 4 HOURS

**CROATIAN or BOSNIAN or SERBIAN**workers
- ADELAIDE CBD 10am - 1pm TUE, THU, FRI 10 HOURS PW, more possible later

POORAKA - NEGOTIABLE 4 hours pm

Assistance with Daily Personal Activities & Social Support work

Casual hours:
BRIEF
- Assistance with Daily Personal Activities - to enable people with disability 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 participant. And taking the participant to where they need to go - appointments and/or social activities.

ACTIVELY Listen to client

Occasional personal care - showering, dressing, grooming assistance

Shopping

Meal preparation

Take to appointments as required

Must be of patient and kind disposition

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.

REPORTS TO: Support Coordinator

ESSENTIAL: Meet all NDIS reporting requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS: Disability Support Worker - Minimum Cert III in Disability/Individual Care

ESSENTIAL:
Current DHS NDIS Clearance & Working With Children Clearance essential

Current First Aid Certificate & CPR

Current Manual Handling Certificate

Medications

CHANGE YR LIFE 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 people's 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:
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, understanding that this program is about the clients' choice and control

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 during/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

Assist your co-workers by sharing your knowledge and any changes

Feed back to us any areas where you may find opportunities for improvements for our clients

You follow instructions and have a can-do attitude

Be open to feedback for continuous improvement

You are open and honest and won't take anything from our clients offered or not

You will not do anything that constitutes a conflict of interest. i.e. you benefit from any offerings to our