Disability Support Worker

Kirinari Community Services Ltd.; Rockhampton Regional; Hybrid; AUD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime & weekends

Salary packaging

Buddy shifts

Upskilling

Leadership support

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

LiveBetter in Rockhampton, QLD is inviting applications for Disability Support Workers to join our team. We offer opportunities for both experienced and entry-level candidates to provide quality care and support in various settings, including group homes and community environments.

Disability Support Workers assist with daily living, accompany clients on activities and appointments, and work in a 24/7 environment with flexible shifts, sleepovers, and weekend work.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work shift work, regular sleepovers and active nights, weekends, public holidays and school holidays with significant availability.
• Resilience, confidence and ability to work independently and as a team.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to develop positive relationships.
• Ability to obtain the NDIS Workers Screen Check prior to commencement.
• Ability to use computers and learn a variety of software/programs.
• A smartphone.
• Current Australian Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support people in their day-to-day living.
• Provide quality 24/7 care in a safe, nurturing environment.
• Assist in group homes, day programs, vocational training, and drop-in support in customers' homes.
• Provide support in external environments such as shopping centres, medical clinics, and recreation areas.
• Accompany customers on community access visits and appointments.

Skills

Shift work

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tech savvy

Driver's license

Tools

Computers

Smartphone

Job description

Benefits:

• Opportunity to increase income through extra hours and weekend work
• Excellent salary benefits including salary packaging to boost take home pay
• Hands-on buddy shifts and induction training
• Opportunities to upskill, develop and progress within the organisation
• A dedicated leadership team to assist, guide and encourage you
• Strong focus on employee health and wellbeing with assistance programs
  available

LiveBetter are inviting applications from people who are interested in joining our Disability Support team in Rockhampton QLD. We have several exciting opportunities for both experienced and entry-level Disability Support Workers to join our team.

What your day-to-day will look like:

Our Disability Support Workers support people in their day-to-day living. We provide quality 24/7 care, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for our customers.

You will aid, support and direct care for customers living with a disability within group homes, day programs, vocational training, and drop-in support in Customer homes. You will also provide support in external environments, such as shopping centres, doctor’s surgeries and recreation areas including parks, accompanying customers to support them on community access visits and appointments. Customers supported by Disability Support Workers commonly live with some level of intellectual or behavioural disability. Many customers supported have, in addition, a physical and/or a psychiatric disability.

Broad availability to provide services in a 24/7 environment, weekend and overnight availability is a must.

What we needs from you:

• Ability and willingness to work shift work, regular sleepovers and active nights,
  weekends, public holidays and school holidays with significant availability
• Resilience, confidence and the ability to work independently and as a team
• Strong communication skills with the ability to develop positive relationships
• Ability to obtain the NDIS Workers Screen Check prior to commencement
• Ability to use computers and learn a variety of software/programs
• A smart phone
• Current Australian Driver's Licence

We embrace Equal Employment Opportunity that promotes a diverse workforce and encourage applications from First Nations and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. People of all ages and abilities including people with lived experience or knowledge of disability are also encouraged to consider a career with us.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia.

Applications close 5.00pm 07th September 2026.