Support Worker- Worrowing Heights

Wellways; Nowra; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Superannuation

Meal and Entertainment allowance

Job summary

Wellways in Nowra invites applications for a casual Support Worker. You will engage directly with participants to support daily living activities and provide compassionate, person‑centred care. The role involves companionship, meals, domestic tasks, and potentially medication management, with a strong focus on safety and continuous improvement.

The position emphasizes flexible shifts and a supportive team in a nationally respected organisation, offering attractive hourly rates and benefits.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care or Home and Community Care or equivalent experience.
• Current valid Driver's License and registered vehicle.
• Police Records Check completed within last 12 months.
• Working with Children Check required.
• NDIS Workers Screening Check in place.
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate - online course.
• Rights to work in Australia.
• Availability to use personal smartphone.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a wide range of Support Worker services to participants for daily living.
• Work closely with participants to meet individual needs.
• Provide companionship, meal preparation, domestic assistance, and medication management.
• Act as frontline support within Consumer Directed Services.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in care delivery.

Skills

Companionship

Communication

Resilience

Education

Certificate III in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care or Home and Community Care

Tools

Police Checks

Working with Children Check

NDIS Screening Check

NDIS Orientation Module Certificate

Job description

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify at LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

• Exciting casual opportunity based in Worrowing Heights!
• Fantastic hourly rate on offer! $45.28 - $81.50 p/hr (with penalty rates) (SCHADS Schedule 2B) + Super + Salary packaging benefits
• Variety of shifts times available!

About this opportunity

Wellways are excited to offer the position of Support Worker, this role will suit someone who enjoys interacting and supporting our participant with their daily activities.

In this role you will work on the front line of our Consumer Directed Services, delivering a wide range of services to support participants activities of daily living. This role requires you will work closely with the person to ensure their individual needs are met.

Support Workers are the front line of our programs, providing consumers with the personalised support to assist our participants to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.

No day will be the same and may include providing supports such as companionship, meal preparation, domestic assistance and medication management. An essential element of your role is that you will actively contribute to the continuous improvement of care provided to participants.

About You

You're a passionate, empathetic, and caring individual who is looking to make an invaluable positive impact on the lives of others. You relish a challenge and new experience. You're calm, collected and resilient in the face of adversity and are looking to carry these qualities with you to the front line to start helping those in need. You are an independent, proactive thinker and worker but are also able to follow direction/s given by your managers and can work within a tight-knit team.

The successful candidate preferably will be someone with flexible availability (highly desirable) and a commitment to providing a reliable and person-centered support to our participants.

What do you need?

• Certificate lll in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care or Home and Community Care (Desirable but not essential) or equivalent working or lived experience
• A current valid Driver's License and a registered, insured vehicle
• Police Records Check (completed within the last 12 months)
• Working with Children Check
• Manual handling training is desirable, but you will receive training if needed
• Rights to work in Australia
• Availability and willingness to use personal smartphone
• NDIS Workers Screening Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate - free online course

What Wellways will offer you….

Wellways supports inclusivity and we're proud that our workplace is a place where everyone can imagine and achieve their goals and reach their fullest potential. This is your opportunity to join a nationally recognized organisation with over 18,000 people across 100+ sites and gain access to ongoing support and opportunity for career development.

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.

If you'd like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here Reconciliation | Wellways