Disability Support Worker

Blue Summit Support Services; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Summit Support Services is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to provide person-centred assistance in participants' homes and their communities, guided by individual support plans and SCHADS classifications.

You will help with daily living tasks, transport, community access and wellbeing support, while maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries. Experience is valued, but attitude and reliability are key.

Qualifications

• Reliable and dependable for participants and team.
• Respectful of people living in their life, home and community.
• Good communicators who clearly engage with participants, families and team.
• Engaged and proactive in supporting participants, not just supervising a shift.
• Observant to changes, risks and information requiring communication.
• Professional with understanding of boundaries, confidentiality and disability support responsibilities.
• Willing to learn and develop skills.
• Able to follow individual support plans, procedures and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Community access – supporting participants to attend activities, appointments, employment, education and access their community.
• Transport – providing safe transport to allied health, appointments, shopping and other activities.
• Daily living support – assisting with routines, meal preparation, household tasks, personal care and building independence.
• Engagement and prompting – encouraging participants to take part in activities, routines and work towards their goals.
• Behaviour and wellbeing support – following agreed support strategies and responding appropriately to changes in presentation, distress or behaviour.
• Reporting and communication – completing clear, timely documentation and communicating important information with the wider support team.

Job description

Our Support Workers provide individualised, person-centred support in participants' homes and within the community, based on each participant's needs, goals, routines and support plans.

About the role

Our Support Workers provide individualised, person-centred support in participants' homes and within the community, based on each participant's needs, goals, routines and support plans.

Key responsibilities

• Community access – supporting participants to attend activities, appointments, employment, education and access their community

• Transport – providing safe transport to allied health, appointments, shopping and other activities

• Daily living support – assisting with routines, meal preparation, household tasks, personal care and building independence

• Engagement and prompting – encouraging participants to take part in activities, routines and work towards their goals

• Behaviour and wellbeing support – following agreed support strategies and responding appropriately to changes in presentation, distress or behaviour

• Reporting and communication – completing clear, timely documentation and communicating important information with the wider support team

About you

• Reliable – participants and your team need to be able to depend on you

• Respectful – you understand that you are supporting someone in their life, home and community

• Good communicators – you communicate clearly with participants, families and your team

• Engaged – you actively support participants rather than simply supervising a shift

• Observant – you recognise important changes, risks and information and know when these need to be communicated

• Professional – you understand boundaries, confidentiality and the responsibility that comes with working in disability support

• Willing to learn – you can take feedback on board and continue developing your skills

• Able to follow direction – you can work within individual support plans, organisational procedures and agreed strategies

Experience in disability support is valued, but the right attitude, reliability and approach to supporting people are equally important to us.

Remuneration is in accordance with the SCHADS Award, based on the applicable classification, with penalty rates and allowances where applicable.

About us

Blue Summit Support Services is a registered NDIS provider supporting participants across Brisbane South, Brisbane City, Logan, Ipswich and the Gold Coast.

We believe good support is about more than simply showing up for a shift. It's about being reliable, respectful, engaged and taking pride in the quality of support you provide.