Description:
About the Role
Join our team as a Disability Support Worker in Albury, where you'll provide tailored, person-centred care to individuals living with disabilities. We have vacancies in both our Supported Independent Living and Lifestyle Programs. Supported Independent Living (SIL) empowers individuals with disabilities to live autonomously in their own homes with active tailored supports. Our lifestyle shifts however focus more on community engagement, attending appointments, domestic assistance, and social outings.
Your positive impact on the people we support will shine through every moment of care you provide. Embrace the flexibility of working on a 24/7 roster enabling you to tailor your schedule to fit your needs for a fulfilling work-life balance. Please note availability for sleepovers and active overnights is required for this position .
Key Responsibilities
- Duties include personal care, manual handling, medication assistance, and behaviour support, all with a focus on fostering independence and dignity.
- Follow person-centred active support plans and behaviour support plans with empathy, facilitating goal attainment through meaningful client-chosen activities to promote independence and well-being.
- Track and document clients' changing needs while fostering positive relationships with clients, families, and fellow team members, advocating for client choice and control with a focus on safety and compliance.
Skills & Experience
- Hold an unrestricted New South Wales driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle
- Demonstrated competency in basic technology usage on mobile and desktop platforms
- A current First Aid Certificate, which includes the course HLTAID003 or HLTAID011 or willingness to obtain
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.
Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.
Benefits:
- Step into an exciting opportunity with competitive pay rates starting at a minimum of $40.26 (casual) per hour, in alignment with the SCHADS Award.
- Immerse yourself in an organization that passionately advocates diversity, inclusivity, and equality
- Join one of Australia's leading social purpose organizations, where every day brings opportunities to make a meaningful impact
- Ignite your career in a thriving industry with limitless potential for long-term growth and success!
About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 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 you’re 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 client's 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 prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Caprisse Angemi at caprisse.angemi@lwb.org.au