• Permanent Part Time / Casual

About the Organisation

LWB provide support to those living with a disability to encourage independence and the right to exercise choice and control in their lives. We started as a group of families creating disability services for our local community. And, over the past 25 years, we’ve focused on tailoring our services to address the individual needs of each person

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 440 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 and refugees and asylum seekers.  

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

About the role

This is a challenging but rewarding opportunity for you to make a positive change in the lives of People with a Disability. We are looking for a full team for a new service in St Albans. Disability Support Workers for Permanent Part time and Casual roles in the North West region:

There are mixed shifts available including morning, afternoon, active nights and sleepover shifts.

You will facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with service users in a positive and proactive environment. You will be actively supporting their individual needs and creating a safe environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support clients with their wellbeing in line with their support needs/preferences
• Provide day to day care (including personal care) and supervision
• Assist clients to explore and participate in Community activities
• Maintain & monitor client centred plans
• Documenting & Progress Note keeping
• Consistently establish rapport and collaborate effectively with service users and their families to achieve positive outcomes for service users.

Skills & Experience

• Valid Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence
• Certificate III in Community Welfare, Disability or similar
• Current Senior First Aid Certificate
• Previous experience in providing complex behaviour support

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and relevant NDIS Clearances.  Also a Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Career Development
• Flexible hours and variety of shifts
• Ongoing training and a supportive team 

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact the Recruitment team at [email protected] using the subject line: Disability Support Workers - St Albans enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

 Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)