- Full time hours working across a 24/7 roster
- Long term casual contractor role
- Resort-like location
- Above market/award pay rate ($45-$55 per hour base rate including superannuation)
- Immediate start
- Multiple positions available
- Must be able to work full time hours on a long term contract
- Must be available to work shifts across a 24/7 roster which includes weekdays, overnights and weekends
- Must address the selection criteria in your application
Lifestyle / Personal Assistant - promoting our autonomy, self-direction, choice and control. Supporting Autistic adults to live lifestyles of our choosing and to actively participate in our homes and communities.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Assist with life management tasks including:
- managing diary and appointments.
- management and storage of information and documents.
- record keeping (including notes/minutes of meetings and appointments).
- assist with management of rosters, timesheets, shift notes etc.
- scheduling and management of all aspects of day-to-day life including: daily tasks, routines and schedules, and household management.
- Assisting with day-to-day living tasks when on shift.
- Encouraging and assisting use of available sporting and fitness opportunities including racket sports like table-tennis, tennis and pickleball (must be able to play at least average level).
- Assist explore, locate and pursue opportunities for a good life, assist with problem solving and communication, assist with locating and linking with leisure and social opportunities.
- Providing emotional support and problem solving.
What we need from you:
Essential Skills and Qualities:
- Proven high level organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent record keeping.
- Proven experience working with Autistic adults, people with psychosocial disability and/or people with dementia.
- Must be able to work in a highly challenging but rewarding environment.
- Experience in supporting people with very complex support needs.
- Genuine skills and commitment to promoting autonomy, self-direction, choice and control of the people we support.
- Proven willingness and commitment to working as part of a harmonious, dynamic and diverse team.
- Availability and willingness to work full time hours across all shifts in a 24/7 roster which includes day, evening, overnight and weekends.
- Demonstrable excellent computer skills.
- Ability to project calm, confidence and ability to take command and direct to calm in highly stressful situations.
- Inner strength, resilience and self-awareness.
- Demonstrated ability to reflect on personal practice and take on feedback.
- Common sense, excellent problem-solving skills, ability to think outside the box and to try new things.
- Active participation in required induction, training, development, supervision and performance reviews.
Highly Desirable Skills and Qualities:
- Skills and experience in leadership roles.
- Experience working in residential settings.
- Sports and fitness skills to at least an average level.
- Background in coaching highly considered.
Selection criteria:
- Excellence in organisational and time management.
- Demonstrated experience working in residential support settings.
- Demonstrated commitment to actively promote inclusive behaviour with a zero tolerance for any bullying, harassment and inappropriate conduct.
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships and act with integrity and discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential issues.
- Understanding of, and capacity to relate to, people from a diverse range of social and cultural backgrounds, including those with complex needs and treat people we support with fairness and respect.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and advocacy skills, including the ability to consult, negotiate and liaise effectively with a diverse range of people.
- Excellence in working in challenging environments.
- Proven inner strength, resilience and self-awareness.
- Ability to actively listen, feedback/clarify and follow directions from the people we support.
- Excellence in supporting adults with complex support needs.
- Highly developed skills in communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation and managing change.
- Capacity to work with minimal direction and supervision and to take initiative.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a team in challenging and high pressure situations.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion, judgement, initiative and deal with difficult situations.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain documentation, standards and procedures, including ensuring continuity of records.
- Computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft and Office applications.
- Willingness to commit to working fulltime hours on a long-term contract.
Must have:
- Current drivers license.
- Your own insured and registered vehicle and willingness to provide transport.
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check and/or National Police Check.
- Current First Aid/CPR certificate.
- Completion of NDIS worker training modules.
- Thorough working knowledge and commitment to NDIS Code of Conduct.
Would suit:
- Experience and/or qualifications in: Psychology, Social Work, mental health, Occupational Therapy, Personal Assistant, residential support work, sport/fitness coach, manager, team leader, dementia, accountant, book keeping, personal assistant.
Autistic people strongly encouraged to apply.
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