Support Worker: Labrador

Optimising ABilities Pty Ltd; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimising Abilities on the Gold Coast seeks compassionate support workers to provide high-intensity clinical care for a non-verbal participant, including strict IDDSI mealtime management to reduce choking risk. You will monitor distress cues and apply positive behaviour support without restraints, perform personal care, manual handling, and detailed clinical documentation.

Uniform availability for varied shifts, including inactive sleepover shifts, is required.

Qualifications

• Reading non-verbal cues and behaviour as communication
• Formal qualifications in Disability Support, Nursing or related field
• HLTHPS006 "Assist Client with Medication" Certificate required
• Demonstrated experience in high-intensity clinical support
• First Aid, CPR and National Police Check (or willingness to obtain)

Responsibilities

• Executing strict IDDSI Level 4 (Pureed) and Level 2 (Mildly Thick) mealtime management to mitigate choking risks
• Monitoring non-verbal distress cues and applying Positive Behaviour Support strategies without restrictive practices
• Executing personal care routines, manual handling, and precise clinical documentation

Skills

Non-verbal communication

Proactive PBS strategies

Manual handling

Documentation

Education

Disability Support qualifications

Nursing

HLTHPS006 Certificate

First Aid Certificate

CPR Certificate

National Police Check

Job description

You will be working 1:1 with a participant who has complex support requirements. Because the participant is non-verbal, your ability to read subtle behavioural cues and understand that "behaviour is communication" is paramount. This is a highly clinical, meticulously structured household.

Key responsibilities

Executing strict IDDSI Level 4 (Pureed) and Level 2 (Mildly Thick) mealtime management to mitigate severe choking and aspiration risks

Monitoring for non-verbal cues of distress and implementing proactive Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) strategies—strictly without the use of restrictive practices

Executing personal care routines, manual handling, and precise clinical documentation

About you

An active NDIS Worker Screening Card (Mandatory)

Formal qualifications in Disability Support, Nursing, or a related field

A HLTHPS006 "Assist Client with Medication" Certificate

Demonstrated prior experience in high-intensity clinical support

A valid First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, and National Police Check (or a willingness to obtain these before the commencement of your first shift)

Be available to work a variety of shifts including inactive sleepover shifts.

About us

At Optimising Abilities, we exist to close the gap between file numbers and person-centred care. We don't just deliver services; we deliver a movement. We are the rare blend of values-driven, person-centred care backed by absolute, unwavering clinical governance.