Disability Support Worker - Melbourne, Australia - Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

beBee Recruiter

Description

Job no: 501240

Employment type:
Full Time

Location:
Melbourne

Categories:
Disability

We are looking for a Disability Support Worker for our residential home in Glen Waverley. You will be responsible for providing support with activities of daily living and developing, implementing and monitoring Individual Plan's including personal care. In this role you will work to facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with and for the clients within the house.

Experience with Behaviours of concern & assisting clients with high medical needs is critical. Manual Handling also required in this role.

_ Life Without Barriers offers prospective employees, excellent career opportunities within the Disability Development and Support space. __As an organisation at the forefront of the sector and a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation we currently employee 8,000 employees in more than 530 communities across Australia. We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. _
_Within the Victorian Disability Accommodation Services arena, we are growing and continue to make a positive difference in the daily lives of adults with disability across 130 houses providing support to 500+ clients across the Melbourne Metropolitan area._

If are you looking for:

A career that is stimulating, rewarding and uniquely satisfying with a path for further development and personal growth
Work in supportive teams making a positive impact in the lives of clients
actively
living with a disability, achieving inspiring individual goals and helping them live life to the fullest
A position which offers stability in a sector which is evolving and consistently looking to be more responsive to our clients' needs by being creative, respectful, courageous and enabling them to achieve outcomes that matter to them.

The Full time role we have available offers the following hours & shifts:

Roster splits-76:30/75:30 This roster is a mix of day & afternoon shifts.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Contribute to the daytoday running of the house
Develop planned activities in line with departmental policies and guidelines
Liaise with family members, medical services, departmental services and external services to help meet client needs
Develop, implement, monitor and review a range of client support plans, with oversight from senior staff, using knowledge of client need, preferences and interests
Provide quality direct support to clients in line with their support needs, the program they are accessing, and all support plans including Individual Plans
Administer medication treatments and therapies according to prescribed protocols or otherwise, seek appropriate medical assistance
Implement development programs and identify and support learning opportunities

Essential Qualifications:

Certificate IV in Disability or equivalent Disability related qualification
A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate
A current unrestricted Driver Licence
Current NDIS check
A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities
The ability to develop a positive relationship with service users and to support their Individual Personal Plan

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Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is essential

Benefits

Pay rates starting from $26.55 per hour + penalty rates
Nonprofit salary packaging benefits with Maxxia and other employee discounts
Ongoing training opportunities in a supportive and collaborative team environment
We are an organisation that champions diversity, inclusivity, and equality
An opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations

Applications will close at midnight on Monday 6th
March.

Advertised: 20 Feb 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 06 Mar :55 AUS Eastern Daylight Time