• Permanent Part-Time (20hrs per week, with scope to increase) opportunity based in Nowra, NSW

• Ongoing training + Development opportunities available

• $33.22 per hour (SCHADS Level 2.2 B) + Salary packaging benefits up to $15,899 per annum.

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

About this opportunity

As a Support Worker, you will deliver a variety of services to participants to support them to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in the community. Your working day may include assistance and or support with daily life, including personal care, domestic activities, social and community participation and varying skill development activities, social and community participation and varying skill development activities.

Open availability is highly regarded, however not essential.

About You

You're a passionate, empathetic and caring individual who is looking to make an invaluable positive impact on the lives of others. You relish a challenge and new experience. You're calm, collected and resilient in the face of adversity and are looking to carry these qualities with you to the front line to start helping those in need. You are an independent, proactive thinker and worker but are also able to follow direction/s given by your managers and can work within a tight-knit team.

If this is you, you're in luck: we have the perfect opportunity for you to do all of these things - right here, with us.

Pre employment checks

• Minimum Certificate 3 in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care, Home and Community Care or related fields (Desired, but not essential)
• Applicants having experience and knowledge in psychosocial disability will be at an advantage
• A current valid Driver's License and a registered, insured vehicle
• Satisfactory Police Records Check (completed within the last 12 months) and Working with Children Check, prior to commencement
• NDIS Orientation Certificate
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Manual Handling training would be desired
• Evidence of full COVID vaccination, including Booster, or valid medical exemption

​What Wellways will offer you….

Wellways supports inclusivity and we're proud that our workplace is a place where everyone can imagine and achieve their goals and reach their fullest potential. This is your opportunity to join a nationally recognised organisation with over 2000 people across 100+ sites and gain access to ongoing support and opportunity for career development.

• We are invested in your professional development and will support you in fulfilling your career ambitions
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take a break from work
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to Employee Assistance Program
• A positive, culturally safe and inclusive workplace

Please click here to download a copy of position description.

How to Apply

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Lachlan Bruce, Program Coordinator at 02 9053 2483.

The health and safety of Wellways participants and employees is our highest priority and all Wellways roles are covered by directives that require mandatory COVID vaccinations. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or valid medical exemption prior to commencement.

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment. ​

In the coming weeks we will be making a small change to our recruitment portal. You may be impacted if your application is still open when these updates take place. We will email you directly if your access to our portal has been affected, and we will provide you with a new log-in link that you will need moving forward.