Ballarat - Disability Support Worker

InLife Independent Living Ltd; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in disability support is seeking passionate support workers to join their dedicated team. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities, providing essential support that fosters independence and dignity. With flexible shifts and a commitment to quality care, you'll be part of a vibrant organization that values diversity and inclusion. Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes the well-being of both clients and staff, and help reshape the future of disability support in Victoria. If you have the enthusiasm and skills to support others, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with PEG feeding, catheter care, and bowel care is a bonus.
• Commitment to ongoing shifts (more than twice weekly) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with physical disabilities, ensuring their dignity and independence.
• Work varied shifts including sleepovers and community access.

Skills

Good judgement and common sense

Listening skills

Experience supporting people with physical disabilities

Manual handling

Patience

Building rapport with clients

Enthusiasm for supporting people with disabilities

Commitment to care team approach

Full driver’s license

Willingness to work varied shifts

Job description

• Are you a fantastic disability support worker?
• Regular shifts, flexibility to work mornings, evenings, weekends, sleepovers
• $43.67 p/h weekdays after induction, plus salary packaging (pay less tax)

About us

We’re a rapidly scaling, not-for-profit disability support provider that believes in positively transforming the lives of people with disability. In doing so, we aim to create the highest quality agency we can, ideally reshaping the sector as a whole. This means we often do things differently. Since we began in 2015, we’ve made it our mission to examine every part of what a support provider does – from how we structure our teams, to how we recruit and roster, to how we ensure the highest quality support, to how technology acts as an enabler for all that we do.

Our clients tell us they notice this difference, and for many it’s had a profound impact on their lives. Supporting more than 250 clients across metropolitan and regional Victoria and only continuing to grow, we want the people who join us to also believe disability support should enable a life of independence and dignity.

To do a great job, you’ll need:

• Good judgement and common sense, listening skills, a willingness to learn and a commitment to our values
• Experience supporting people with a physical disability, including manual handling
• Experience with PEG feeding, catheter care and bowel care a bonus but not necessary
• Great patience and willingness to build rapport with clients
• Enthusiasm and passion for supporting people with disabilities to live great lives
• Commitment to working with a care team approach, including guidance from professionals
• Full driver’s license and willingness to drive clients’ vehicle
• Willingness to work varied shifts; sleepovers, day support including community access, in-home evening support with home duties required
• Commitment to ongoing shifts (more than twice weekly)
• We are looking to support clients based in Ballarat

Please note: When you apply, you will receive an email asking you for some further details - please look out for it! As part of our recruitment process, certain checks will be undertaken with your permission, including an NDIS Worker Screening Check that you must have before you can start work. We encourage all of our staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and current recommendations about vaccination can be found on the ATAGI website.

A word about diversity and inclusion

At InLife, diversity and inclusion is part of our DNA. We celebrate the amazing differences we all bring to our work and we actively ensure that everyone feels safe and supported in our workplaces. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone and our hiring decisions will never be based on things such as your gender identity, disability, age, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural background - because they simply aren’t relevant to doing an awesome job.