Disability Support Worker - Taree (Female workers preferred)

Southern Cross Community Healthcare; Taree; On-site; AUD 52,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

Southern Cross Community Healthcare is seeking a Disability Support Worker for a 17-year-old with Traumatic Brain Injury in Taree. You will help maintain independence at home, supported by qualified professionals, with training provided.

Key duties include personal care, medication administration, and community access, with a focus on client wellbeing. Applicants must have a valid driver's licence, WWCC, and relevant qualifications; shifts are mornings across weekdays.

Qualifications

• Care experience in a health or community setting.
• Reliable and compassionate with strong English communication.
• Current references and a valid driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Assistance with personal care tasks.
• Medication administration.
• Assistance with Allied Health tasks.
• Domestic Assistance.
• Documentation and reporting.
• Community Access.
• Transport in your own car to and from school.

Skills

Care experience

English skills

Driver's license

Own car

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing or Disability) or equivalent

Tools

First Aid certificate

Working With Children Check

Job description

Disability Support Worker - Taree (Female workers preferred)

Southern Cross Community Healthcare – Taree NSW

We are currently seeking a reliable and compassionate Disability Support Worker to provide care and assistance a 17-year-old woman with a Traumatic Brain Injury. This care will help her to remain living independently at home with her family.

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 to:

• Assistance with personal care tasks
• Medication administration
• Assistance with Allied Health tasks
• Domestic Assistance
• Documentation and reporting
• Community Access
• Transport in your own car to and from school - short distance

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

Wednesdays 6:45am – 8:45am (fortnightly)

Thursdays 7:00am – 9:00am

Fridays 7:00am - 9:00am

Shift times change during school holidays:
Monday to Friday 8:00am – 12:00pm and 3.30pm - 7.30pm

What you need:

• Good English-speaking skills, be clearly and easily understood
• Care experience
• Current references
• Current driver's licence and your own car (mandatory)
• NDIS Worker's Screening Check or willingness to obtain (mandatory)
• First Aid certificate or willing to obtain (mandatory)
• Working With Children Check – Paid or willingness to obtain (mandatory)
• Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing or Disability) or equivalent (mandatory)
• Passionate about caring and committed to client wellbeing

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.