Casual Youth Support Worker

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Vital Disability Group Full time

**About the Organisation**

Vital Disability Group is a NDIS registered provider of specialist support services to participants living in the Greater Sydney and Illawarra regions respectively.

We are committed to empowering and supporting our participants to achieve their short and long-term goals. We provide a range of support services to NDIS participants including, but not limited to:

- SIL Accommodation
- Respite
- Community Access
- In Home Support
- Children and Young People services

**About the role**

We are seeking Casual Disability Support Workers who are available across a 24hr/7days rotating roster, to join our dedicated supported-independent living (SIL) and Respite team located in
- Mount Pritchard (South West Sydney) YOUTH & CHILDREN SERVICES

**General Tasks**
- Provide support to participants with physical and/or intellectual disabilities.
- Understand and provide appropriate care to participants with low needs to participants with high needs who demonstrate a range of challenging behaviours
- Be responsible for assisting with activities relating to personal care, transportation, daily living (cooking/cleaning), community support and recreational activities.
- Implementing and monitoring practices that will promote a healthy and nutritional lifestyle.
- Provide, administer or prompt to administer medications as outlined in the participant's Medication Management Plan
- Understand and implement a participants individual Behaviour Support Plan into their support service and complete any reporting relating to behavioural incidences.

**Personal Attributes & Experience**
- Youth and Children Support Experience - REQUIRED
- Strong communication and computer skills
- Medication Administering experience
- Confident and Positive approach to Care
- Problem Solving and Critical thinking skills
- Work with a team and autonomously
- Previous experience working with Diabetes, Dementia, Autism, Challenging Behaviours, Mental Health participants.
- Honest and Reliable
- Kind, Compassionate, Sense of Humour, Can-do Attitude

**Qualifications and Experience**
- 100 points of ID
- Un-restricted Australian Drivers Licence
- A current certificate to provide First-Aid - _completed within the last 3 years_
- A current certificate to provide CPR - _completed within the last 12 months_
- National Standard Police Clearance Check - _completed within the last 12 months_
- A current Working with Children's Check (WWCC) - _for paid, unsupervised role_
- A current NDIS Worker Screening Check (NDISWSC)
- A current unrestricted Australian drivers license
- Comprehensive Third Party Car Insurance
- NDIS New Worker Orientation Module Certifications
- Covid19 Infection Control Training Certification
- A completed Certificate III/IV in Disabilities - _preferred but not essential_
- Minimum 12 months+ experience in supporting people living with cognitive, psychosocial disabilities - _preferred but not essential_

Vital Disability Group may not contact all applicants should they not meet the requirements of our recruitment process. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: From $30.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Rotating roster

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Penalty rates

Work Location: In person

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