Disability Support Worker, Lifestyles (Female). Casual â Hawkesbury area

Return to Life Without Barriers; Richmond; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Life Without Barriers seeks passionate individuals for personal support roles empowering people with disabilities. Join the Lifestyles team to provide one-on-one assistance in clients' homes, ensuring they have the independence to live their best life. Experience in high intensity care and a positive impact on the community are central to this role.

Benefits

Access to Fitness Passport

Flexible short shifts

Qualifications

• Experience in providing High Intensity Daily Personal Activities.
• Previous home care support with individuals with disabilities.
• Willing to complete basic household chores.

Responsibilities

• Provide High Intensity Daily Personal Activities including complex bowel care.
• Assist individuals with hoist transfers and personal care.
• Document and maintain person-centred plans.

Skills

Confidence in manual handling

Experience providing personal care

Passion for Person-Centred care

Education

Current First Aid and CPR certification

Australian Drivers Licence

Job description

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose not for profit organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless refugees and asylum seekers.

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice control and independence to live their best life. If youre passionate about inclusivity respect and making a meaningful difference this is the career move for you.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Joining our Lifestyles (home care support) team you willprovide oneonone support to individuals with disabilities in their own homes with travel between clients and working short split shifts required.

To provide best support you will have experience in providing high intensity daily personal activities (including complex bowel care) and manual handling (including hoist transfers).

To be considered for a role you must be able to commit to a variety of individual client sessions which may be as short as 30 minutes. Note shifts will be paid at a minimum of 2 hours and you will be reimbursed 0.99 cents per kilometre travelled between client sessions.

Shifts are available across various suburbs in the Hawkesbury area including Richmond Wilberforce Windsor Downs Bligh Park and surrounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (including complex bowel care)
• Assist with hoist transfers
• Assistance with daily living (including personal care)
• Domestic assistance (support with household chores)
• Maintain and monitor personcentred plans
• Documenting and progress note keeping

Skills & Experience

• Experience providing High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (HIDPA)
• Previous experience support people with disabilityin a home care setting
• Confidence and experience in manual handling and providing personal care
• Australian Drivers Licence and reliable insured vehicle
• Current First Aid and CPR
• Willing to complete basic household chores
• Passionate about delivering PersonCentred care

At Life Without Barriers we consider gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2) (c) (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 and so we ask that only Female applicants apply.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and obtain an NDIS Clearance.

• Casual hourly rate from $41.76
• Make a positive impact on the lives of people with disability in your local community
• Short shifts providing flexibility for secondary employment or study commitments
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries please contact Kestra Caller at

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 1

of June 2025

Key Skills

Nursing Home Experience,Developmental Disabilities Experience,Direct Support,Computer Operation,Caregiving,Case Management,Special Needs,Training & Development,Child Protective Services,Experience with Children,Word Processing,Addiction Counseling

Employment Type : Gig

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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