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Support Worker - Plus

Fighting Chance

We are a unique day program for adults with a disability with an inclusive and innovative working environment. No two days are the same, each day is different and exciting!

We offer a variety of programs with five streams including life skills, health and wellbeing, creative expression, social (community access) and order fulfilment. Each team has a specialist team leader and lead senior who are experts on the participants in their team and offer ongoing training and support.

We cater for approximately 30 participants per day who are mostly supported 1:1 to engage in tailored programs to suit their needs and goals. You are never working alone and have a big team surrounding you to help build you up!

At PLUS, we have always believed that everyone has the right to be part of the community and engage in meaningful programs that increase their quality of life. We are passionate about making a difference and are experts at providing person centred active support. We pride ourselves on being specialists in positive behaviour support and recognise behaviours as an important communicative tool for our participants.

Benefits of working with us:

  • Be part of a values driven team with a fantastic workplace culture
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities with regular paid trainings
  • Career progression opportunities where you can quickly become a senior support worker with competitive pay rates
  • Salary Packaging where you can increase your take home pay by salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum
  • Fitness passport for gym discounts
  • Make your own work schedule with a flexible fortnightly roster
  • No night or weekend work!

THE ROLE:

Our support workers are integral to the work we do here at Plus. We are looking for some new additions to our team who have the ability to work at least 3 days on Monday- Friday between 8:45am - 3:15 pm – perfect for someone wanting to work school hours or have time to relax after work!

Key responsibilities:

  • Build rapport with our participants
  • Support our participants to engage in meaningful activities throughout the day
  • Follow positive behaviour support plans
  • Personal care, manual handling and mealtime assistance
  • Complete relevant reporting in a timely fashion

We are looking for some amazing additions to our team who are:

  • Creative and energetic with the confidence to deliver tailored programs to our participants in a meaningful way
  • Empathetic with the ability to work in a team environment as well as autonomously
  • Possess or be willing to obtain a NDIS Worker Check and WWCC
  • Possess or be willing to obtain Provide First Aid & CPR
  • Able to drive in NSW (Green P or Full licence)

Desired but not essential:

  • 2+ years of experience working in the disability sector
  • Fully COVID Vaccinated, including Booster

To be considered for this position please attach a cover letter outlining your suitability to the position, along with your current resume.

Find out more about us here: plusdisability.com.au.

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