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September 12, 2024
The SIL Company
Cessnock
OTHER
Disability Support Worker (Casual)
*Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The SIL Company is the new NDIS Service Provider on the block with an amazing team of managers, team leaders and disability support workers who love what they do. We are looking for a diligent, personable, and caring person with a can-do attitude who can provide quality care and support for people living with disability.
Join our expanding team in Cessnock, NSW! If you are successful, you will work in a Supported Independent Living (SIL) environment to provide people with high complex support needs, an opportunity to live in an environment that supports and maximizes personal growth and independence.
Scope
The Disability Support Worker will:
Provide assistance for people living with a disability and/or complex needs, to remain living independently in their own homes and community, in a dignified and safe manner in accordance with individual care plans.
Provide monitoring of participants health and well-being and contributing to service development.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide culturally appropriate direct support to service users in the following Key Responsibility Areas:
Pay: Up to $38.00 per hour
Benefits:
The SIL Company is the new NDIS Service Provider on the block with an amazing team of managers, team leaders and disability support workers who love what they do. We are looking for a diligent, personable, and caring person with a can-do attitude who can provide quality care and support for people living with disability.
Join our expanding team in Cessnock, NSW! If you are successful, you will work in a Supported Independent Living (SIL) environment to provide people with high complex support needs, an opportunity to live in an environment that supports and maximizes personal growth and independence.
Scope
The Disability Support Worker will:
Provide assistance for people living with a disability and/or complex needs, to remain living independently in their own homes and community, in a dignified and safe manner in accordance with individual care plans.
Provide monitoring of participants health and well-being and contributing to service development.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide culturally appropriate direct support to service users in the following Key Responsibility Areas:
- Domestic Assistance
- Personal Care
- Respite Care
- Social support
- Transport
- Medication monitoring
- Establish appropriate and effective working relationships with service users, maintaining professional boundaries.
- Provide quality service at all times by responding to individual needs and requirements with flexibility and safety.
- Assist the service user in maintaining and enhancing practical skills in order to promote their level of independence.
- Complete and maintain documentation in accordance with organisational policies and procedures, and quality standards requirements and contribute to continuous improvement within the agency.
- Observe and report any changes in the service user’s health, behaviour, needs or circumstances to the Supervisor immediately, either by telephone or in person.
- Be a courteous representative of The SIL Company in all undertakings with service users, their carers and in the community during the hours of employment and ensure a positive public image is maintained throughout the community.
- Demonstrate past experience in working with people with disability and/or aged and their carers.
- Demonstrate experience and performance in the key responsibility areas.
- Must familiarise yourself with agency information management systems and policies and procedures which will change from time to time.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate sensitively and appropriately with and understand the needs of people with disability from a diverse range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and report accurately to supervisor.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the demonstrated ability to communicate with service users and their carers, staff and range of service providers.
- Must be capable in providing quality services that assists people to maintain their independence, dignity, cultural values and religious beliefs.
- Ability and willingness to work in a diverse range of settings including but not limited to, a person’s home and other community settings.
- Current driver licence
- Reliable motor vehicle (including valid registration and full comprehensive third-party insurance).
- Second language skills will be highly regarded.
- An understanding of safe work practices, proven experience in the use of appropriate manual handling techniques.
Pay: Up to $38.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
- Public holidays
- Shift work
- Weekend availability
- Penalty rates
- Cessnock, NSW: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
- Do you have a valid NDIS Worker Orientation Module?
- Certificate I - IV (Preferred)
- First Aid Certification (Required)
- Working with Children Check (Required)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (Required)
- Driver Licence (Required)
- Australia (Required)
We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available
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