• Part Time (Sleepovers)

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

We are looking for someone to join our Supported Independent Living team supporting one male client who lives in Orelia. Our client has a complex mental health diagnosis so we're looking for a Disability Support Worker with mental health experience.

As a Disability Support Worker, you will play an important role in supporting and empowering people with disability to live independently, access the community and to achieve their individual goals. Working in a team, you will be actively supporting individual needs and creating a safe environment.

This permanent contract is for sleepover shifts and the roster (although subject to change) is as follows:

Sleepover Roster:

• Start time 17:00 (Sleep 22:00-06:00) Finish Time 09:00
• Week 1 - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 
• Week 2 -  Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Key Responsibilities

• Support in day to day living, promoting cooking, housekeeping, hygiene, shopping etc.
• Support clients to work towards achieving their individual aims
• Liaise and collaborate with clients, their community and community support agencies
• Monitor and review the client’s progress through the service and against the case plan
• Maintenance of progress notes and record-keeping

Skills & Experience

• Experience working with clients with mental illness, complex needs and behaviours
• Certificate III Individual Support, Disability or similar
• Good computer literacy and administration skills to complete progress notes and use online IT systems
• Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence
• Current Provide First Aid Certificate HLTAID003 & HLTAID001 (mandatory prior to offer)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module certificate

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Career Development
• Salary Sacrifice Tax Benefits

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter addressing the selection criteria in one document, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected] using the subject line: Disability Support Worker - Orelia enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.