Disability Support Worker AT The Disability Trust


About the role

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ?

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ!

At The Disability Trust, we are committed to providing exceptional support to individuals with disability. We seek to empower our participants to live fulfilling lives by offering a range of tailored services and support systems.

We are seeking passionate and motivated permanent part-time Disability Support Workers to deliver person-centred support for our participants within our Home & Living Services in the Mollymook and Ulladulla regions.

Our services operate over a 24/7 basis and we are looking for those who have flexibility and availability to work a range of shifts in the morning, afternoon, evening and overnight in particular able to do sleepover shifts and shifts between 6.30am โ€“ 9.30am and 2.30pm โ€“ 10.00pm. We are looking to fill contracts ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, with the opportunity to pick up additional shifts on an as needs basis.

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ

Whilst each day brings new challenges, you will assist with a range of daily living tasks to meet the individual needs and goals of our participants, ensuring independence, quality of life, dignity and respect.

Your day-to-day responsibilities may include:

- Delivering personal care to participants including assisting with toileting and showering.
- Preparing and assisting with meal preparation within the home.
- Administering medication and assisting with mobility including hoists and wheelchairs.
- Supporting attendance at appointments and community-based events.
- Engaging in skill building activities for participants, both individually and in a group setting.
- Offering meaningful and active support to enable participants to achieve their goals.

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚

- Genuine desire to provide high quality care for people with disability.
- Ability to enable inclusion for people with disability.
- Excellent communication and computer skills.
- Initiative and drive to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- Demonstrated awareness and/or experience with disability.
- Availability and flexibility to work a range of shifts. Finding people with the right availability to match our participants is important to us.
- Have or a willingness to obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check, and NSW Working With Children Check.
- Valid and current Driver License and access to a reliable vehicle.

If you are successful for the role, you will be required to complete comprehensive and paid training upon commencement, this is expected to commence end June/early July. This includes face-to-face sessions, online components and buddy shifts to enable you to succeed in the role, requiring availability during this 2-week period.

Why youโ€™ll love working with us:

- Access to generous not-for-profit salary packaging options (up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals & entertainment tax free earning potential per annum).
- Exclusive access to Fitness Passport Program for you and your family.
- Hourly pay rate between $34.58 - $37.73 (part-time) depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
- 5 weekโ€™s annual leave per annum pro rata plus an additional paid day off for your birthday.
- Opportunity for shift variety, career progression and access to ongoing professional development.
- Flexible public holiday leave for events of cultural or religious significance.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„

If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of people in your community, please apply below by submitting your resume and cover letter outlining how your skills and experience match the above criteria.

If you would like to discuss the role or have any questions, please reach out to our Manager Eurobodalla & Ulladulla, KerrieAnne Jenkins via email - ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ.๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€@๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด.๐—ฎ๐˜‚ (Please do not send through resumes to this email - enquiries and questions only).

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