Female active night

Happy Faces Disability Support; Albury City; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Happy Faces Disability Support in Lavington NSW seeks a reliable, compassionate Disability Support Worker to join the team for active overnight shifts in a supported living environment. You will monitor participants, provide personal care, assist with overnight needs and complete charts and handovers as required.

The successful candidate will have prior experience in disability support or related care, strong observation and communication skills, and a professional, calm approach for night work.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in disability support, aged care, health care or a similar role.
• Experience working active overnight shifts.
• Strong observation and communication skills.
• Ability to recognise and escalate changes in health or presentation.
• A calm and professional approach.
• Excellent reliability and punctuality.
• The ability to follow care plans, clinical instructions and management directives.
• An understanding of professional boundaries and participant confidentiality.
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Completing scheduled participant checks and monitoring throughout the night.
• Providing personal care and assistance as required.
• Supporting participants with repositioning, continence care and other overnight needs.
• Monitoring for changes in health, behaviour or general presentation and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Following individual care plans, behaviour support plans, health management plans and organisational procedures.
• Assisting with two-person supports when required.
• Completing all required charts, progress notes and handover documentation before the end of the shift.

Skills

Overnight care

Observation skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Teamwork

Documentation

Job description

Happy Faces Disability Support – Lavington NSW

Happy Faces Disability Support is seeking a reliable, compassionate and experienced female Disability Support Worker to join our team, primarily working active overnight shifts within a supported living environment.

About the Role

Our active overnight staff play an important role in maintaining the safety, wellbeing and comfort of the people we support throughout the night.

The role includes providing direct support when required, completing scheduled monitoring and checks, responding appropriately to changes in presentation and ensuring all required documentation is completed accurately.

Duties may include:

Completing scheduled participant checks and monitoring throughout the night.

Providing personal care and assistance as required.

Supporting participants with repositioning, continence care and other overnight needs.

Monitoring for changes in health, behaviour or general presentation and escalating concerns appropriately.

Following individual care plans, behaviour support plans, health management plans and organisational procedures.

Assisting with two-person supports when required.

Completing all required charts, progress notes and handover documentation before the end of the shift.

About You

We are looking for someone who is dependable and understands that overnight disability support requires the same level of attention and professionalism as a daytime shift.

You will need to be confident working overnight, able to use initiative and comfortable responding appropriately if a participant’s health or support needs change.

The successful applicant will ideally have:

Previous experience in disability support, aged care, health care or a similar role.

Experience working active overnight shifts.

Strong observation and communication skills.

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A calm and professional approach.

Excellent reliability and punctuality.

The ability to follow care plans, clinical instructions and management directives.

An understanding of professional boundaries and participant confidentiality.

The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.