About the Role
This role involves providing one-on-one home care support to individuals with disabilities, assisting them in their homes and community. The position requires travel between clients and involves short, split shifts. Candidates should have experience managing challenging behaviors, assisting with daily personal activities, and manual handling. Availability for client sessions ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours, between 6 am and 10 pm, across Yennora to Picnic Point and surrounds is essential. Both permanent part-time and casual roles are available.
Responsibilities
- Manage and de-escalate challenging behaviours while ensuring safety, dignity, and person-centred support
- Provide assistance with daily living, including personal care
- Offer domestic assistance and support with household chores
- Maintain and monitor person-centred plans
- Document progress notes
Requirements
- Ability to commit to varied client session times (30 minutes to 2 hours) between 6 am and 10 pm
- Australian Driver's Licence
- Reliable, insured vehicle
- Current First Aid certification
- Current CPR certification
- Willingness to complete basic household chores
- Clear a National Criminal History Record Check
- Obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check
Skills
- Experience managing highly challenging behaviours, including verbal and physical aggression
- Previous experience supporting people with disability in home care and community settings
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Confidence and experience in manual handling
- Experience in providing personal care
- Passion for delivering Person-Centred care
Location
- Yennora to Picnic Point and surrounds
- Travel between clients
Work Type
- Short, split shifts
- Permanent Part Time
- Casual
Experience Level
- Experience managing highly challenging behaviours
- Previous experience supporting people with disability
Education Level
- Current First Aid certification
- Current CPR certification
Salary/Compensations
- Casual hourly rate from $43.22
- Permanent Part Time hourly rate from $34.58
Benefits
- Opportunity to positively impact lives of people with disability in your local community
- Flexible short shifts for secondary employment or study commitments
- Access to Fitness Passport program
About the Company
- Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not-for-profit organisation.
- Employs 8,000 people in over 500 communities across Australia.
- Supports children, young people, families, people with disability, older people, people with mental illness, homeless individuals, refugees, and asylum seekers.
- Empowering people with disability to live life as they choose has been central for over 25 years.
- Committed to supporting people with disability to have choice, control, and independence.
- Values inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to employing a diverse workforce that reflects client needs.
- Encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability.
- Provides adjustments to the recruitment process and application forms for candidates with disabilities.
