Support Worker - Cessnock Community Supports - Casual and Part Time

Challenge Community Services; Cessnock; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 68,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport access

Job satisfaction

Safety & Wellbeing support via Sonder

Job summary

Challenge Community Services – Cessnock NSW is looking for a Support Worker to empower people with disabilities through in-home and community activities. You’ll assist with daily living, medical needs, and skill-building in cooking, crafts, and leisure activities.

Roles include shifts that may be afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers; you’ll need a current drivers licence, WWCC, NDIS checks, and a Diploma-level or Certificate in Disability Support is desirable.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and rapport-building with clients and families.
• Ability to support high-needs disability clients with dignity and care.
• Passes background checks including Working With Children and NDIS screenings.

Responsibilities

• Support daily living and medical needs as required.
• Encourage independence through activities like cooking, crafts, and sports.
• Provide in-home and community-based support aligned to goals.
• Build respectful relationships with clients and families.
• Demonstrate empathy, patience, and problem-solving in challenges.
• Support participants in activities including outdoor and swimming; crafts preferred.

Skills

Strong communication

Relationship building

Resilient under pressure

Flexible availability

Experience with high-needs disability

Microsoft Word & Outlook

Education

Certificate III/IV in Disability Support (desirable)

Tools

Driver's licence

WWCC / NDIS Worker Screening

National Criminal History Check

Job description

Support Worker - Cessnock Community Supports - Casual and Part Time

Challenge Community Services – Cessnock NSW

As a Support Worker, you’ll empower people with disabilities to build confidence, skills, and independence through meaningful activities, in-home support, and high-quality care.

From cooking, music, and crafts to community outings and leisure sports, you’ll help create positive, enriching experiences every day. You’ll also bring experience inHigh Intensity Supports, includingCatheter Care and Enteral Feeding, to support clients with complex needs. Some shifts may include afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers.

• SCHAD’s Award Level 2Pay rates from$36.22- $39.53 (base rate) or $45.28 - $49.41 (casual rate)
• Fitness Passport access for you and your family (eligibility criteria applies)
• Real job satisfaction—make a difference every day
• Safety and Wellbeing support via Sonder

Duties:

• Support clients with daily living and medical needs where required
• Encourage independence and skill-building through activities such as cooking, crafts, music, sports, and reading
• Provide in-home and community-based support tailored to individual goals
• Build positive, respectful relationships with clients and their families
• Handle challenges with empathy, patience, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to actively support participants in a range of activities, including outdoor activities and swimming, with craft skills such as sewing and knitting highly regarded to align with current Community Supports activities.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Resilient, adaptable, and confident supporting people from diverse backgrounds
• Able to prioritise and problem-solve under pressure
• Flexible availability (shift work, weekends, public holidays, sleepovers)
• Confident using Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence, Working With Children Check, and NSW NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Able to pass a National Criminal History Check
• Experience supporting high-needs disability clients
• Access to a personal vehicle for work use, if required
• Certificate III or IV in Disability Support (or equivalent, desirable)
• Understanding of NDIA processes (desirable)
• Handy craft skills such as sewing, knitting, or crocheting (desirable)

About Us:

Since 1958, Challenge Community Services has been supporting people, strengthening communities and creating opportunities across regional New South Wales and South East Queensland.

We provide disability services, foster care, allied health and social enterprise opportunities that empower people to live their best lives.

Our work is driven by a simple belief: everyone deserves the opportunity to belong, grow and thrive. Every role at Challenge Community Services contributes to making a meaningful difference in the lives of the people and communities we support.

Confidential enquiries can be made by contacting Kathryn Brown

Closing Date - 9th October 2026

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and live, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.