Disability Development & Support Officer

Life Without Barriers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 51,000 - 54,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness passport

Salary packaging benefits

Ongoing training

Stable roster

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is a leading Australian not-for-profit supporting people with disability, families and communities. We are seeking a Disability Development & Support Officer to provide active support to four males in a Supported Independent Living home in St Kilda, ensuring they live their best life with choice and independence.

The role requires experience with behaviour support plans, creativity in activities, and a commitment to person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Needed experience and confidence working with behaviour support plans.
• Able to create engaging activities for clients with disability.
• Commitment to person-centred support and client goals.

Responsibilities

• Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
• Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
• Maintain thorough record keeping
• Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
• Advocate for client choice and control

Skills

Driver Licence

Behaviour plans

Creativity

Active support

Client goal focus

Education

Cert IV in Disability

First Aid & CPR

Job description

Disability Development & Support Officer

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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, refugees and asylum seekers.

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

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

Provide active support to 4 males with disability living in a Supporting Independent Living home in St Kilda.

The people you will be supporting love to have a lot of fun, keep a busy home and are looking for someone who can match their energy, be creative and provide active support to them. The successful candidate must have experience and confidence working with behaviour support plans.

You must be able to commit to the set permanent part-time roster below which includes sleepover and split shifts. Roster Split 54:00/49:30

Note, this is a set roster in line with the needs of the people being supported and so cannot be altered.

Key responsibilities

• Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
• Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
• Maintain thorough record keeping
• Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
• Advocate for client choice and control

Skills & Experience

• Cert IV in Disability
• Experience and confidence in working with behaviours of concern
• Creativity and passion for providing active support
• A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.
• The ability to develop a positive relationship with clients and to support their Individual Personal Plan.
• Current First Aid and CPR certificate
• A current unrestricted Driver Licence and willingness to drive a company van.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and an International Criminal History Record Check; if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia in the last 10 years.

• Hourly rate from $37.36
• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career opportunities
• Ongoing roster line with a stable, predictable roster
• Access to fitness passport and salary packaging benefits

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 11th of October