Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 11th Jan 2021
Life Without Barriers offers prospective employees, excellent career opportunities within the Disability Development and Support space.
As an organisation at the forefront of the sector and a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation we currently employee 7,000 employees in more than 530 communities across Australia. 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.
Within the Victorian Disability Accommodation Services arena, we are growing and continue to make a positive difference in the daily lives of adults with disability across 130 houses providing support to 500+ clients across the Melbourne Metropolitan area.
As an Advanced Disability Support Officer in this residential home in Bundoora you will be responsible for 2IC support to the House Supervisor by providing leadership and guidance to staff and direct client support to an all male resident group of 6.
The house profile: This is the home of 6 men aged from mid-forties to seventy. The residents support needs vary in terms of levels of independence and support with both higher and lower levels of personal care and behavioural support required. Residents enjoy growing their own vegetables, walks to University Hill and have good family contact and support networks.
This is a full-time ongoing position and the roster lineis days/evenings with no sleepover or active nights and 2 weekends off per month. Shift split 70.15/ 81.45 hrs per fortnight.
To Apply: Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any general enquiries (not applications) including persons with disability that require adjustments please contact [email protected], using the subject line: Advanced Disability Support Worker - Bundoora enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here: https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA.