Disability Support Worker, Casuals - NOR

• Work for a leading Disability Support Provider
• Experienced Support Workers required for NOR casual pool 
• Shifts with Community Access and Supported Independent Living clients 

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

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. 

About the role

The successful applicants will provide practical assistance to a person/s with complex needs and behaviours to help them achieve their personal goals and manage everyday tasks. 

Our new team members must be both adaptable and flexible and have demonstrated experience working with clients with challenging behaviours and intellectual disabilities. 

You must have a minimum of 3 years experience delivering 1:1 disability support and ideally have worked with clients with a variety of disabilities including; physical, intellectual and psycho-social disabilities. 

Training to support clients with Epilepsy, including midazolam administration training is mandatory. Experience working with clients with Dysphagia is also beneficial.  

Please state this experience clearly in your application.

The rosters will be a combination of days, nights and weekends. 

Key Responsibilities

• Support clients to work towards achieving their individual aims
• Support in day to day living, promoting cooking, housekeeping, hygiene, shopping etc.
• Liaise and collaborate with clients, their community and community support agencies
• Monitor and review client’s progress through the service and against the case plan
• Utilise positive behaviour strategies
• Maintenance of progress notes and record keeping

Skills & Experience

• Experience working with clients with complex needs and behaviours, physical and intellectual disabilities. 
• Epilepsy support and midazolam administration training (mandatory requirement)
• Good computer literacy and administration skills to complete progress notes and use online IT systems.
• Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence
• Current Provide First Aid Certificate (mandatory prior to offer)

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and complete the NDIS Worker Orientation module and NDIS Worker Screening Clearance. 

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Career Development
• Salary Sacrifice Tax Benefits

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact tracy.dallas@lwb.org.au

Applications close Wednesday 3rd of March.