Disability Support Worker. Casual - Menai

Life Without Barriers; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 59,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

Kilometre reimbursement

Job summary

Life Without Barriers in Sydney is seeking a Casual Disability Support Worker to provide one-on-one home care to people with disabilities, with short, split shifts across Menai and surrounds. Availability for early mornings and late afternoons is essential, with shifts paid as a minimum of two hours and mileage reimbursement between client sessions.

You will perform high-intensity daily personal activities, assist with daily living, and support mobility and positioning while maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience providing HIDPA (High Intensity Daily Personal Activities).
• Experience supporting people with disability in a home care setting.
• Confident in manual handling and providing personal care.
• Australian Driver's Licence and a reliable, insured vehicle.
• Current First Aid and CPR.
• Willing to complete basic household chores.
• Passionate about delivering Person-Centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high intensity medical support needs (including bowel/catheter care and PEG-feeding).
• Assistance with daily living (including personal care).
• Domestic assistance (household chores and meal support).
• Maintain and monitor person-centred plans.
• Documenting and progress note keeping.

Skills

HIDPA

Disability home care

Manual handling

Driver's license

First Aid & CPR

Household chores

Person-centred care

Job description

Disability Support Worker. Casual - Menai

Apply now Job no: 507132
Employment type: Casual
Location: Sydney
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 and 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 ourLifestyles (home care support) team, you willprovide one-on-one support to individuals with disabilities in their own homes, with travel between clients and working short, split shifts required.

Ideally you will have experience supporting people with a disability, providing high intensity daily personal activities (including bowel and catheter care) and manual handling (including hoist transfers).

To be considered for a role you must have availability for early morning and late afternoon shifts and be willing to commit to a variety of individual client sessions within Menai and surrounds. Note, shifts will be paid at a minimum of 2 hours and you will be reimbursed $1.07 cents per kilometre travelled between client sessions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high intensity medical support needs (including bowel/catheter care and PEG-feeding)
• Assistance with daily living (including personal care)
• Domestic assistance (support with household chores and meal times)
• Maintain and monitor person-centred plans
• Documenting and progress note keeping

Skills & Experience

• Experience providing High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (HIDPA)
• Previous experience support people with disabilityin a home care setting
• Confidence and experience in manual handling and providing personal care
• Australian Drivers Licence and reliable, insured vehicle
• Current First Aid and CPR
• Willing to complete basic household chores
• Passionate about delivering Person-Centred care

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and obtain an NDIS Clearance.

• Casual hourly rate from $43.22
• Make a positive impact on the lives of people with disability in your local community
• Short shifts, providing flexibility for secondary employment or study commitments
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 18 th October.