Disability Support Worker

Care Compass Collective Pty Ltd; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Care Compass Collective is a Queensland based NDIS provider delivering psychosocial and mental health focused disability support. Our support is relationship led, psychology informed and shaped around each person's goals, needs and everyday life.

The Disability Support Worker delivers day to day support that helps participants work towards their goals, build skills and confidence, and take part in their community and everyday life.

Qualifications

• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain one
• Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• First Aid and HLTAID009 CPR, or willingness to complete it
• Current Australian driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle

Responsibilities

• Deliver person centred support in line with each participant's support plan, adjusting your approach to their preferences, communication style and capacity on the day
• Support participants to build daily living skills, community access and social connection
• Assist with everyday tasks such as meal preparation, household tasks, shopping, appointments and transport
• Provide personal care where it forms part of a participant's plan, respecting their dignity, privacy and stated preferences
• Apply trauma informed, recovery oriented and strengths based practice
• Follow documented safeguards, risk assessments and behaviour support plans exactly as written
• Write shift notes in plain, factual, person first language, and report incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with our procedures
• Complete a dynamic risk check at the start of each shift, and stop or leave a shift where it is unsafe to continue

Skills

Reliable and consistent

Calm and steady

Respectful and non judgemental

Willing to ask questions and escal

Education

Certificate III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Community Services or Mental Health

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Casual position

Job Description

Care Compass Collective is a Queensland based NDIS provider delivering psychosocial and mental health focused disability support. Our support is relationship led, psychology informed and shaped around each person's goals, needs and everyday life. We deliver in-home support, community participation, mentoring, employment assistance, psychosocial recovery coaching and short-term respite across South East Queensland.

About the Role

The Disability Support Worker delivers day to day support that helps participants work towards their goals, build skills and confidence, and take part in their community and everyday life. Our participants live with psychosocial and mental health related disability, so much of the work involves showing up consistently, reading a situation well, and adjusting the support to suit the day the person is having.

What You Will Do

• Deliver person centred support in line with each participant's support plan, adjusting your approach to their preferences, communication style and capacity on the day
• Support participants to build daily living skills, community access and social connection
• Assist with everyday tasks such as meal preparation, household tasks, shopping, appointments and transport
• Provide personal care where it forms part of a participant's plan, respecting their dignity, privacy and stated preferences
• Apply trauma informed, recovery oriented and strengths based practice
• Follow documented safeguards, risk assessments and behaviour support plans exactly as written
• Write shift notes in plain, factual, person first language, and report incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with our procedures
• Complete a dynamic risk check at the start of each shift, and stop or leave a shift where it is unsafe to continue

Who We Are Looking For

• Reliable and consistent, because showing up as agreed is central to building trust with participants
• Calm and steady, able to work alongside people experiencing distress without taking it personally
• Respectful and non judgemental, meeting people where they are rather than where you think they should be
• Willing to ask questions and escal

Open to feedback and interested in developing your practice

Open to feedback and interested in developing your practice

What You Need

• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain one
• Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) HLTAID011 Provide
• First Aid and HLTAID009 Provide CPR Completion of the NDIS Worker Orientation Module, or willingness to complete it before commencing Current Australian driver's licence and access to a reliable, comprehensively insured and registered vehicle
• Sound written communication skills for shift notes, incident reports and handover, and confident use of a smartphone app for rostering and documentation Current right to work in Australia WELL REGARDED
• A Certificate III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Community Services or Mental Health, or equivalent experience Previous experience supporting people with psychosocial or mental health related disability Mental Health
• First Aid, or training in trauma informed practice or de-escalation