Disability Development & Support Officer. Permanent Part Time – Highett

Life Without Barriers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training and support

Career advancement opportunities

Stable, predictable roster

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is searching for a Disability Development & Support Officer in Melbourne to join our Supported Independent Living team. This part-time role focuses on empowering individuals with disabilities to live their best lives in shared or individual homes. Applicants should be bilingual in Cantonese and English, possess experience with behaviour support plans, and be passionate about active support.

Join a leading organization dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we support, with opportunities for ongoing training and career advancement.

Qualifications

• Bilingual English and Cantonese speaker with experience working with behaviours of concern.
• Commitment to enhancing clients' individual needs and 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

Bilingual Cantonese and English speaker

Experience with behaviour support plans

Previous experience in manual handling

Confidence and experience in providing personal care

Commitment to individual needs and goals

Developing positive relationships with clients

Cert IV in Disability or similar

Current Senior First Aid Certificate

Current unrestricted Driver Licence

Education

Cert IV in Disability or similar

Job description

Disability Development & Support Officer. Permanent Part Time – Highett

Job no: 506772
Employment type: Part Time
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Disability

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

Joining our Supported Independent Living (SIL) team on a permanent part-time basis in Highett, you will support people with disability to live their best lives in shared housing or in their own home, providing various supports including personal care and daily living.

The people you will be supporting are highly independent, enjoy a chat, a coffee and regularly access the community – so we are looking for a high-energy, experienced disability support worker who is passionate about active support. The successful candidate will be bilingual in Cantonese and English. They must also have experience working with behaviours of concern and behaviour support plans and be able to commit to the permanent part-time roster below.

Roster: 52:00/50:30, including sleepover shifts. This roster is set and 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

• Bilingual Cantonese and English speaker
• Experience with behaviour support plans
• Previous experience in manual handling
• Confidence and experience in providing personal care
• Commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities
• Able to develop a positive relationship with clients and support their Individual Personal Plan
• Cert IV in Disability or similar
• Current Senior First Aid (Level 2) Certificate
• Current unrestricted Driver Licence and willingness to drive a company van

• No day is the same, lots of community access and active support activities
• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Ongoing roster line with a stable, predictable roster

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.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 12th of July.