Disability Support Worker

**WELL LIFE SERVICES**

**Disability Support Worker**

**About the role**

Well Life Services are seeking enthusiastic, flexible, innovative, and motivated individuals who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people in our community. This role will provide support services to individuals with challenging behaviours, through the provision of domestic and lifestyle support in a residential and/or community setting as guided by the participants individual support plan.

You will be part of a dynamic team that will work collaboratively in providing a stable, consistent, safe and secure environment, in supporting young people achieve their goals and empowering them to make healthy choices.

**Location - Toowoomba, Queensland.**

**About Well Life Services**

Well Life Services aim is to empower our clients to discover their own potential. We provide a range of therapy and support services tailored to the individual to enhance their overall mental health and wellbeing. We encourage community inclusion, respect and valuing of people living with disability or mental illness.

The core values for Well Life Services include Transparency, Respect, Inclusion, Courage and Celebration. Having staff that live by those values is key to our organization to deliver the best services we can.

**Benefits of working with Well Life Services**
- Casual employment with great flexibility.
- Part of a friendly and supportive team.
- Work for an ethical business that genuinely cares about its clients.
- Opportunities to gain experience across a range of support work streams.
- Opportunities to for further professional development.

**About the role**

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to the following:

- Provide person centred, recovery focused support in group activity settings to participants who are experiencing mental health concerns and / or psychosocial disability.
- Be able to handle challenging and complex behaviours with confidence, while demonstrating high levels of resilience, patience, and unconditional positive regard.
- Support participants to develop individualised goals, recovery, and other plans, based on their needs.
- Provide support using a capacity building approach that enables participants to build on their skills and abilities, creating greater independence within their lives.
- Enable group participants to experience fun in a safe and fully respectful environment.
- Maintain the group dynamic and ensure inclusive support is available to all participants.
- Assist participants to engage with and liaise with other services and / or assist in identifying additional services that may support an individual.
- Organise and assist with grocery shopping, cooking preparation and clean up associated with group activities.
- Ensure clear, concise, accurate (factual), and objective case notes are completed after each shift.
- Capable of adhering to policies and other legislative requirements, whilst also maintaining full confidentiality.
- Provide and empower individuals and their family's quality support that enhances choice and control, maximises abilities and encourages participation.
- Undertake any other reasonable tasks as directed by your Care Coordinator.

**Essential Selection Criteria**
- Strong interpersonal, oral, written and team building skills.
- Able to act with objectivity and integrity in times of stress.
- Strong time management skills.
- A strong understanding of professional and personal boundaries.
- An aptitude for learning new skills, competencies, and knowledge.
- Demonstrated value of respect for people with a disability.
- Passion and dedication to support others and build independence.
- An understanding and commitment to person-centred approaches.
- The ability to engage the participant, the family, and colleagues in developing and maintaining strong working relationships and gaining their participation around support and activities.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to negotiate complex matters and resolve conflict.
- A current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (Paid status) and satisfactory National Police Clearance.
- A current Working with Children Check (Paid status).
- A current QLD Australian C Class Driver's Licence, comprehensive car insurance and registration.
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificates.

**Desirable Selection Criteria**
- **Certificate III in Individual Support **(completed or working towards completion), or
- **Certificate IV** level qualification in a Youth / Community Service related field (completed or working towards completion)
- Hope and Healing Certificate.
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) trained.
- Mental Health First Aid or Youth Mental Health First Aid

"Well Life Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we are committed to achieving a diverse workforce that embraces diversity in race, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation and disability"