Your impact:

Uphold my rights:

1. Show self-awareness - think about how your actions and attitudes impact on the quality of support you provide, seek feedback, and keep improving your practice
2. Work within your capabilities - know your role and responsibilities, and when to seek support from others to develop your capabilities.
3. Look after yourself – Araluen will assist you to manage your wellbeing.

Position Performance Indicators, from the perspective of a person with disability (outcomes)

“What are the objectives I need to strive for when supporting me”

Support Me:

1. Understand what a good life means to me. - find out what a good life means to me and don’t impose your own assumptions.
2. Support me to make my own choices. Support me to understand, explore and think creatively about my options, and uphold my decisions.
3. Build my capacity to participate - understand how I want to participate in society and support me to build my knowledge and connections so that I can live the life I want.

Be Present:

1. Observe and respond flexibly to my changing needs. Be present, pay attention to how my needs may change, and respond accordingly.
2. Manage health and safety - support me to look after my health. Take action and manage any health and safety risks to me or to you.
3. Engage and motivate me - support me to build on my strengths and engage me in meaningful ways.

Check in:

1. Review quality of support and service - Work with me to make sure my services and supports are enabling me to live the life I want and support me to make changes when needed.
2. Support me to speak up - Build my understanding and confidence to exercise my rights and support me to provide feedback, raise any concerns, complaints, or incidents.

Tasks & capabilities

Working under general direction indicative tasks may include but not limited to:

• Transferring/Hoisting (within given parameters)
• Personal care
• Meal preparation
• Meal assistance
• Medication administration
• Complex health support
• Assist participants with personal administration and appointments
• Transporting participants, this may be with one of our bus vehicles
• Support participants to use physical and communication aids and other equipment where required
• Assist participants in receiving and accounting monies
• To undertake administrative work to ensure it is completed in accurate and timely manner
• Assisting to participate in community activities

Key Selection Criteria

Capabilities:

• Ability to work independently, problem solve and demonstrate thoughtful judgement and common sense.
• Contribute to effective communication and a positive culture both within your team and across Araluen.
• Contribute to the adoption and integration of the Araluen Code of Conduct in all day-to-day practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality service delivery ensuring in a range of setting.
• Demonstrated commitment to uphold participants human rights, to promote choice and control, independence that lead to quality outcomes
• Demonstrated effective organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Excellent communication skills as demonstrated through professional consultation, negotiation and conflict resolution.
• An understanding of and commitment to the current focus on the person-centred approach and future innovation and practices.
• Ability to work flexible hours and agility to adapt to changing environments especially in a residential setting is critical.
• Comply with all Araluen policies, procedures and practices and all applicable laws and industrial agreements that govern our business and conduct and seek clarification where needed.

Compliance:

• NDIS Quality and Safeguarding commission worker screening check
• Valid Working with Children’s Check
• Current Australian Drivers licence
• Current First Aid (HLT011) and CPR (HLT009) certificate for new starters and current employees Araluen strongly encourages all staff to maintain these qualifications.
• COVID-19 vaccination

A position description is attached.