This is a challenging but rewarding opportunity for you to make a positive change in the lives of People with a Disability. Working in a team, you will facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with service users in a positive and proactive environment. You will be actively supporting their individual needs and creating a safe environment.

About the Organisation 

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 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 

This is a challenging but rewarding opportunity for you to make a positive change in the lives of People with a Disability. Working in a team, you will facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with service users in a positive and proactive environment. You will be actively supporting their individual needs and creating a safe environment. 

The roster for this PPT role is Tuesday to Friday from 7am – 3pm.    

Key Responsibilities

• Provide quality direct support to clients in line with their support needs, the program they are accessing, and all support plans including the service users Individual Plan.
• Increase the service users’ skills:- independence, personal growth and development through the provision of active support and their enhanced participation as a valued member of their community.
• Assist in the delivery of programs that facilitate service users’ development of social networks and inclusion in community activities.
• Monitor the changing needs of service users and provide information and contribute to the adaptation of LWB services as required to meet these needs.
• Fulfil all direct support documentation and reporting requirements.
• Comply with all Life Without Barriers policy, code of conduct, procedures and practices, external funding body requirements and legislation.   

Skills & Experience

• Certificate III in Community Welfare, Disability or similar.
• A current Senior First Aid Certificate.
• A current unrestricted Driver Licence.
• A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.
• Commitment to the values of dignity, respect, inclusion, empowerment, confidentiality and strength-based practice.
• Reference and suitability clearance/s required by legislation and these clearances maintained throughout employment. 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). 

Benefits

• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Join a growing team
• Ongoing training and development
• Salary Sacrifice Tax Benefits  

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 (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).