• Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh

About the role

Victorian Home and Community Care (VHCC) is a growing NDIS service provider. We are currently recruiting for a staffing team to provide at home care and community access for several NDIS participants.

You will be a member of a cross disciplinary team comprising members experienced with disability, mental health, intellectual disability, acquired brain injury (ABI) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) supports.

In addition, staff will have the opportunity to work with a range of other participants who VHCC support in both community and home-based settings.

Required skills and experience:

• Qualifications or experience in disability, nursing, AOD, community services, mental health, Intellectual Disability, Acquired Brain Injury, ASD.
• Communication skills with assisting people with communication challenges and people who are non-verbal.
• Have a genuine respect for people with disability and a commitment to providing them dignified and personalised care.
• Ability to present with confidence as a professional which engenders trust from participants who rely on you to meet their support needs.
• Ability and willingness to identify client needs and additional opportunities to assist them achieve their goals within the way you work with them.
• Ability to create a friendly rapport with participants to allow them to feel comfortable and respected.
• Excellent documentation practice
• Display a relationship centred approach to care and understanding of or willingness to learn about other methods of care (e.g., trauma informed, family centred)
• Ability and confidence to work autonomously and contribute to a support plan which is being implemented by a team of staff around a participant.
• Willingness to undertake hand-over and supervision remotely using email, phone and video conferencing when required.
• Current national police check
• NDIS worker screening check
• Fully vaccinated against Covid-19
• Valid driver’s license and access to a car

Essential:

• Valid Victoria drivers license
• Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Valid National Police Check
• Valid Working with Children's Check
• Fully COVID19 Vaccinated

For enquiries, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Disability Support Worker - Ballarat / Bacchus Marsh enquiry via EthicalJobs or call 03 9118 4270.