Disability Support Worker - Gloucester (female workers preferred)

Southern Cross Community Healthcare; Gloucester; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rate

Specialised training & development

Rewarding community work

Job summary

Southern Cross Community Healthcare in Gloucester NSW is seeking a reliable Disability Support Worker to assist a 63-year-old female with a traumatic brain injury to live independently at home.

You will work with a team of healthcare professionals, provide personal care, community access, documentation, and reporting, and use your own transport for appointments.

The role offers training, competitive pay, and opportunities to develop skills in aged and disability care.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to provide transport to and from medical appointments; mileage paid.
• Passionate about caring and committed to client wellbeing.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check or willingness to obtain (mandatory)
• First Aid certificate or willingness to obtain (mandatory)

Responsibilities

• Assistance with personal care tasks
• Community access for appointments and social outings
• Assistance with Allied health tasks
• Domestic assistance
• Documentation and reporting

Skills

Compassionate care

Reliability

Transport willingness

Education

Certificate III (Ageing or Disability) or equivalent

Job description

Disability Support Worker - Gloucester (female workers preferred)

Southern Cross Community Healthcare – Gloucester NSW

2d ago , from Southern Cross Community Healthcare

We are currently seekingreliable and compassionatedisability support workersto provide supportand assistance toa 63-year old female with a traumatic brain injury, this care will helpherlive independently in her ownhome.

While your skills/qualifications and experience tell us part of your story, your values, attitude, and cultural alignment with Southern Cross are essential.

At Southern Cross we aim to ensure our behaviours reflect our core values which include

• Care and Respect
• Teamwork and Integrity

Duties include but not limited too

• Assistance with personal care tasks
• Community access for appointments and social outings
• Assistance with Allied health tasks
• Domestic assistance
• Documentation and reporting

You will be supported by qualified healthcare professionals and would get the necessary training and skills to do the best job you can.

Shiftsavailable:

• 8am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday

Requirements:

• Applicants must be willing to providetransport to and frommedical appointments and social activitiesin their own vehicle-mileage paid.
• Passionate about caring and committed to client wellbeing
• Current references
• Current driver's licence, vehicle registration and your own car with insurance
• NDIS Worker Screening Check or willingness to obtain (mandatory)
• First Aid certificate or willingness to obtain (mandatory)
• Working With Children Check – Paid (mandatory)
• Certificate III (Ageing orDisability) or equivalent (mandatory)

What's in for you?

• Competitive Industry pay rate
• Industry leading Specialisedtraining Learning & development opportunities to set you up for success
• Rewarding work that helps you to give back to the community

A Little bit about us

Southern Cross has been arranging support for people in their communities throughout NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and ACT since 1984. We arrange the provision of an extensive range of aged support and disability services for people in their private home and community.

Disability Support Work is an important and rapidly expanding industry with high levels of satisfaction and security.