About the Role
Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. Joining our Lifestyles (home care support) team, you will provide one-on-one support to individuals with disabilities in their own homes and accessing the community, with travel between clients and working short, split shifts required.
Responsibilities
- Ensure client safety, dignity, and person-centred support
- Assistance with daily living (including personal care)
- Maintain and monitor person-centred plans
- Documenting and progress note keeping
Requirements
- Must be able to commit to a variety of client session times (starting from 2 hours in length) between 6am and 8pm within Dee Why and surrounds.
- Willingness to travel between clients homes is essential.
- Must clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check.
- Must obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check.
Skills
- Previous experience supporting people with disability in a home care and community setting
- Confidence and experience in manual handling, hoist transfers and providing personal care
- Previous experience providing HIDPA supports
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Australian Drivers Licence and reliable, insured vehicle
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
- Passionate about delivering Person-Centred care
Location
- Dee Why and surrounds
Work Type
- Permanent Part Time
- Casual
Experience Level
- Previous experience supporting people with disability in a home care and community setting
- Previous experience providing HIDPA supports
Education Level
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
Salary/Compensations
- Permanent Part Time hourly rate from $34.58
- Casual hourly rate from $43.22
Benefits
- Short shifts, providing flexibility for secondary employment or study commitments
- Increase your take home pay through Maxxia salary packaging benefits
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)
About the Company
- Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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, refugees and asylum seekers.
- Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
