• Leading community services organisation
• A rewarding career in a growing service sector and with a supportive work team and environment
• Great learning opportunities
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Multiple casual positions with flexibility of working hours that can fit your lifestyle
• Several locations in the Eastern and Southern suburbs of Melbourne

About the opportunity

The Disability Support Worker is responsible for providing high quality, person-centred support to individuals with a disability living in Uniting's  Supported Independent Living Services.

The position aims to empower individuals to achieve their potential and live the life they choose. Consumers are supported to maintain their independence, exercise choice and control and maintain relationships in accordance with their individual person-centred plans. The position is also required to liaise with the families and carers of consumers and employees at other services and activities that consumers access.

The position is responsibility for assisting consumers with daily living and may involve assistance with social support and recreation activities, showering, toileting, dressing, meals, use of physical and communication aids, transport, medication administration and other activities.

We have multiple casual opportunities in the following Eastern and Southern suburbs of Melbourne:

• Mt Evelyn
• Croydon
• Ringwood
• Chirnside Park
• Kilsyth
• Wantirna
• Burwood East
• Glen Waverley
• Carrum
• Frankston
• Langwarrin
• Cranbourne

If you are looking for a career that inspires you, challenges you and makes a difference in people’s lives, then this role at Uniting is the perfect choice for you.

View the full position description here

About you

Qualifications

• Essential: Completed Certificate IV in Disability OR other relevant qualification in health or disability services field. Students in the health or disability services field are encouraged to apply.
• Essential: Current First Aid Level 2 (including CPR) Certificate

Experience

• Highly desirable: Previous or lived experience in the disability services field
• Essential: Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
• Essential: Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, work with minimal supervision and under pressure
• Essential: Ability to problem solve and effectively manage feedback
• Essential: Competency with using computers
• Essential: Flexibility to work a variety of hours and shifts

Core selection criteria

• Values alignment
• Consumer-centeredness
• Teamwork
• Communication

Other requirements

• Legal eligibility to work in Australia
• Current Australian Driver’s License
• A satisfactory national police records check is a condition of this position and is repeated every three years and international police check if required
• Current National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Clearance (from 1 February 2021, this replaces the need for a Working with Children Check)
• Compliance and understanding/familiarity with organisational policies, procedures and relevant legislation (i.e., Quality management system, Equal Opportunity, Health and Safety)

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (briefly outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current resume

Get in touch

If you would like to find out more about Uniting and this position, please contact Melia Khallouf (Manager Recruitment & Compliance)

Email: [email protected], using the subject line: Disability Support Workers - Supported Independent Living enquiry via EthicalJobs

Phone: 0419 985 535

Visit: www.unitingvictas.org.au

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and well being of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.