Allied Health Assistant/habit Coach - Liverpool, Australia - Everyday Independence

Everyday Independence

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Liverpool, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Drive change and make a difference

Champion best practice with evidence based outcomes
Work the hours that work for you with flexible working arrangements

The Company:

Everyday Independence supports people with a disability to live to their full potential and enjoy an everyday life.

We do this by providing Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Positive Behaviour Supports and Early Childhood Supports. With over 40 multidisciplinary teams currently working across Australia, we are leaders in the industry.

We are committed to building a workforce that can deliver high impact outcomes to people that make a real difference to their everyday lives and to the Australian community.

Our aim is to accelerate therapy outcomes through developing life enriching habits.

Your new role:
Habit Coach

Employment type:
Casual

Hourly rate:
$ $35.84 per hour (depending on experience)
We are looking for a Habit Coach to support in servicing the

Seven Hills, North Western Sydney and surrounding areas so that our local, regional and remote participants can have frequent access to services and support to achieve their outcomes.

You will be supporting participants across a lifespan in their

home or

community environment to assist them reach their full potential.

The Role:

Work under the guidance of our highly qualified Allied Health professionals to carry out duties which complement the therapy program of a participant. Your role will play a vital part in enabling the participant to develop greater independence and work towards reaching their full potential
Carry out facetoface and non facetoface tasks that bring life changing experiences to participants
Be the best you can with onthejob training from leading Allied Health professionals
You will be equipped with a mobile device to communicate with your coordinator, therapist and access systems
The Habit Coach will play a critical part of the service delivery between the participant and the therapist
As an excellent rapport builder and motivator, you will engage the participant using your empathetic nature to model components of a new routine or skill, and provide prompting when needed
An astute professional, you will work within the scope of the role, respecting the boundaries of a habit coach and that of a therapist
You
travel to the participant's and support them in their home or community environment

What do you need to be successful?
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Be flexible to work across all ages and stages of life. For example, we have a high number of participants under the age of 7 years old
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Available at key routine moments of the day. For example, participants often seek support to assist with afternoon routines (3:30-6:30pm)
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Be open to travel to regional / surrounding areas:

Demonstrated ability to follow instruction and
respect scope of practice boundaries:
Consistently maintain clear
focus on the goals and outcomes of our participants, yet have the ability to be
flexible regarding the tasks required of you. Your actions will reflect professionalism and company protocol at all times
You are selfmotivated, reliable and can work autonomously
Excellent
Communication Skills verbal and written
Valid drivers licence and access to your own vehicle
Working rights in Australia

What's in it for you?

Flexibility and control of working hours to ensure a true work, life, balance
Working with a diverse range of participants, you will acquire new skills and experience
Work for a company that cares

Internal career opportunities

Access to Industry leading coaching, mentoring and career development pathways
Doing meaningful work you get to make a real difference in peoples lives

About Us
At Everyday Independence we focus on creating communities where everyone has the same choices and opportunities to thrive. That's why we're working with our participants to break down barriers to reveal their true abilities.

We deliver a wide range of community based and online allied health services to people of all ages and abilities across Australia, and we are growing.

With so many hub locations to choose from - you can choose a hub close to home

We support people with disabilities in metro and regional locations across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

How to apply

If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to complete an on-demand video and assessment that you can complete at a time that's convenient to you.

You'll be able to engage in realistic scenarios that you are likely to encounter on the job, which will show you what the role you've applied for is really like.

Once you've completed this we'll follow up with a phone call to let you know the outcome and to give you an opportunity to ask all your questions.