Female Support Worker – LGBTQIA+ & Neurodiversity Affirming | Hazelbrook, NSW

Chosen Family; Hazelbrook; Sur place; AUD 39 000 - 44 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Chosen Family is seeking a female Disability Support Worker to provide ongoing support for a 29-year-old non-binary participant living in Hazelbrook, NSW. The role focuses on promoting independence, wellbeing and practical daily living skills in a supportive, trauma-informed environment.

The successful candidate should be patient, warm, and respectful of LGBTQIA+ identities and pronouns, with an understanding of autism, ADHD and neurodiversity.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting autistic and/or neurodivergent people.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and neurodiversity-affirming approaches.
• Ability to communicate at a calm, unhurried pace and allow processing time.

Responsabilités

• Develop practical daily living skills
• Build independence with everyday tasks
• Household organisation and safety
• Encourage healthy routines around meals, sleep, personal upkeep
• Support community access and participation
• Provide companionship and social connection
• Support confidence and independence
• Develop employability-related skills
• Recognise and respond to sensory overload
• Provide trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming support

Connaissances

Patience

Communication

Neurodiversity-friendly

Relationship-based support

Description du poste

About Chosen Family

Chosen Family fosters a community-centric ecosystem that embraces diversity, flexibility, and enrichment for all. We continuously reimagine how our services can create platforms for equality, inclusion, and belonging. Committed to a culture of acceptance, we ensure that everyone is welcomed and valued.

Recognising the interconnectedness of our humanity, we strive to empower individuals to live independently. By honouring each person’s unique identity and experiences, we celebrate and uplift one another in return.

About The Support Opportunity

We are seeking a female Disability Support Worker to provide ongoing support to a 29-year-old non-binary participant living in Hazelbrook, NSW.

The participant is autistic and has ADHD, with additional physical health considerations including fibromyalgia, scoliosis and asthma. They are independently mobile and do not require high-care, manual handling or complex physical support.

The focus of this role is supporting the participant to develop greater independence, confidence and practical daily living skills, while promoting wellbeing, safety and participation in everyday life.

A female Support Worker is preferred, particularly someone who is genuinely LGBTQIA+-affirming, transgender-inclusive and comfortable supporting a non-binary person.

What Makes the Right Match?

This is a relationship-based support role where patience, trust, communication and mutual respect are particularly important.

The Participant Would Ideally Like a Support Worker Who

• Is female
• Is genuinely LGBTQIA+-affirming and transgender-inclusive
• Understands and respects non-binary identities and pronouns
• Has an understanding of autism, ADHD and neurodiversity
• Understands trauma-informed practice
• Speaks calmly and at a comfortable pace
• Is patient and allows adequate processing and response time
• Does not rush, pressure or overwhelm the participant
• Is sensitive to sensory overstimulation
• Is warm, approachable and non-judgemental
• Respects personal boundaries, routines, identity and individual choices
• Understands that good support means encouraging independence rather than taking over

What You’ll Be Supporting With

Support will be tailored to the participant’s goals and priorities and may include:

• Developing practical daily living skills
• Building greater independence with everyday tasks
• Household organisation, cleaning and maintaining a safe environment
• Encouraging healthy routines around meals, sleep and personal upkeep
• Community access and participation in meaningful activities
• Companionship and positive social connection
• Supporting confidence and independence
• Developing practical and employability-related skills
• Recognising and responding appropriately to sensory overload
• Providing respectful, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming support

The participant is mobile and does not require hoisting, transfers, feeding support or other high-care assistance.

A Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach Matters

We are looking for someone who understands that different does not mean less.

The successful Support Worker will take the time to understand how the participant communicates, processes information and experiences their environment.

Rather than expecting the participant to adapt to the worker, we want someone who is willing to adapt their communication and support approach to the participant.

This includes allowing extra time for responses, recognising signs of sensory overstimulation and providing calm, respectful support without unnecessary pressure.

LGBTQIA+ Inclusion

Being LGBTQIA+-affirming is an important part of this role.

The successful applicant should be someone who is comfortable, respectful and genuinely inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people, including transgender and non-binary people.

You don't need to be an expert—you do need to be open-minded, respectful, willing to learn and committed to creating a safe and affirming support environment.

Schedule

Ongoing Weekly Support Is Required:
Mon days: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM; and
Fridays: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
There is some flexibility around the exact four-hour start and finish time, so applicants may propose a reasonable schedule that works consistently on either day.

Reliability and consistency are particularly important, as the goal is to establish a stable and positive support relationship over time.

Essential Requirements

• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• First Aid Certificate
• Valid Australian Driver’s Licence
• Reliable vehicle, where required for community access
• Understanding of LGBTQIA+ inclusive practice

Experience supporting autistic and/or neurodivergent people is highly regarded.

About Chosen Family

At Chosen Family, we believe that effective disability support starts with the right match.

Our goal isn't simply to fill a shift. We want to connect participants with Support Workers who understand their individuality, respect their choices and can build genuine, and consistent and trusting support relationships.

We strongly encourage applications from people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse people, and LGBTQIA+ people. We welcome and value lived experience and the knowledge it brings to support work.

If you are a patient, reliable and genuinely LGBTQIA+-affirming female Support Worker who believes in supporting people to live life on their own terms, we'd love to hear from you.