• Casual

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7000 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

As a Disability Support Worker, you will play an important role to support and empower People with disability to live independently in their own home, access the community and to achieve their individual goals. Your daily duties will include (but not limited to):

• Providing personal care support such as showering, toileting and personal grooming.
• Assisting with domestic duties such as meal preparation, cleaning and other household tasks
• Supporting People with Disability to access and participate in the community
• Medication administration
• Adhering to individual plans, and working towards each client’s goals
• Completion of client documentation including progress notes

These casual positions are based in the Port Macquarie region. Successful applicants are required to be available and willing to work within a 24/7 roster that includes short shifts, and regular shift work (night shifts, weekends and public holidays)

Skills & Experience 

• Experience providing active support to People with Disability, Behaviours of concern and/or complex support needs
• Certificate III in Disability, Community Services or similar (Preferred)
• Current Drivers Licence, NSW Working with Children Check and current First Aid Certificate
• Ability to build positive working relationships with clients, families, colleagues and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to client choice, inclusion and the delivery of individualised supports
• Good written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to complete basic computer based tasks

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

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)