Disability Support Worker. Casual Orange

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Job Location:

Dubbo - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the Role

As a Disability Support Worker you will be providing person-centred active support to people living with disabilities in Orange. We are currently recruiting for our Lifestyle (LS) and Supported Independent Living (SIL) programs.

SIL is supporting people with disability in shared housing or in their own home providing various supports including personal care and daily living assistance. You can expect to work across a 24/7 roster.

Lifestyle supports are one-on-one support to individuals with disabilities in their homes or the community with travel between clients and working short split shifts required.

Key Responsibilities

Ability to work independently supporting clients with daily personal care such as bathing shaving and toileting
Provide mobility assistance by lifting transferring and hoisting clients
Ability to follow person-centred active support plans and behaviour support plans respectfully
Track and document the changing needs of clients through thorough record-keeping
Build and maintain positive relationships with clients their families and your team
Advocate for client choice and control in a way that is safe and compliant

Skills & Experience

An unrestricted New South Wales drivers licence and access to a reliable vehicle
Committed to work flexible work hours across the week including public holidays
Demonstrated ability to use basic technology and software on a mobile and desktop
A current First Aid Certificate which includes the course HLTAID003 or HLTAID011

Successful candidates will be required to clear all state-based probity checks; including but not limited to a National Criminal History Record Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

Benefits:

Pay rates starting from $43.23 (casual)per hour as per the SCHADS Award
Enjoy exclusive salary packaging on everyday living expenses (including mortgage rent and bills)

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose not for profit organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 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 refugees and asylum seekers.

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice control and independence to live their best life. If youre passionate about inclusivity respect and making a meaningful difference this is the career move for you.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

For any other enquiries contact Caprisse Reid at

About the Role As a Disability Support Worker you will be providing person-centred active support to people living with disabilities in Orange. We are currently recruiting for our Lifestyle (LS) and Supported Independent Living (SIL) programs.SIL is supporting people with disability in shared housin...