Disability Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Disability Services Australia Full time

**What are the benefits of joining one of Australia's largest Disability Service Providers as a Support Worker?**
- **Pay rates** starting from $40.26 per hour (casual) plus super
- **Flexible roster** pattern at multiple locations to enable a healthy work-life balance
- **Learning** and **development** opportunities to set you up for success
- A supportive and inclusive work culture where **we celebrate people**'s diversity and contributions.
- Ongoing training and professional development to **excel together**.
- The chance to **act bravely** and empower individuals to self-advocate and make decisions.

**Your new role**:
This isn't your typical 9-5 role - and if you bring dedication, focus and commitment, you'll enjoy the flexibility of a career in the disability sector, where you can build a schedule that works for you and our Organisation. So, if you're excited by the opportunity of a promising career, here are some things that you might be doing daily, apart from the most important thing which is providing supports to our participants in their own environment. Let's face it, you'll almost certainly learn a thing or two yourself.

**As a support worker you should**:

- Be comfortable supporting adult clients with complex disabilities and behaviours that can challenge, this may include things like, mental health, addictions, involvement with the Criminal justice program, verbal and/or physical aggression, acts of self-harm, and sexualised behaviours.
- Promote participants' choice & control in their daily lives by supporting individuals to be an active part of their community which may include developing skills in training, budgeting, safe relationships, life skills, personal care.
- Have a good understanding of person-centered active support or willingness to embrace this model of support
- Follow behaviour support & health care plans to support participants live more independently within the community.

**Some of our requirements**:
We are aware there are quite a few compliance checks (listed below) for this role however, what's important to us is that you have regular access to your own car and a P2 NSW Drivers Licence or higher and flexible availability across a 24/7 roster which may include, mornings (6am-2pm OR 7am-3pm), afternoons (2pm-10pm OR 3pm
- 11pm), active/sleepover nights (10pm-6am OR 11pm-7am).

**Who is DSA/Scope?**

We're very pleased to share that we have now officially joined forces with Scope Australia The union of Scope and DSA has made us the second largest Disability Services Provider in Australia. We provide Employment Services, Community and Home Living, Allied Health Services, and Training options for people with disabilities.

View our stance on inclusion and diversity, human rights and our Covid-19 policies.

Please note, successful applicants will be required to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance and a Working with Children Check. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country/countries will also be required. As part of our Covid-19 response the Scope Covid-19 policy requires all our employees regardless of the job to have received at least 3 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Please note that the offer will be conditional on meeting these requirements.

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