About the Role
Provide support for supported employees attending employment services in Thornleigh, assisting them with grounds and landscaping works, complex behaviors, and engaging in meaningful work.
Responsibilities
- Support and encourage supported employees to participate in work.
- Support clients with their personal care as per their person-centred plan.
- Utilize specified manual handling techniques from a client's person-centred plan.
- Interact with family members and stakeholders while respecting dignity, cultural background, and religious beliefs.
- Participate in developing, implementing, record-keeping, and reviewing person-centred plans and behaviour support plans.
- Work cooperatively as part of a team and treat colleagues with respect.
- Respond to incidents and injuries in accordance with Unisson's policies, procedures, and NDIS Quality Safeguards Standards.
Requirements
- Available to work weekdays from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- Hold a valid NSW Driver’s License (P2/Full).
- Willingness to drive a Unisson vehicle.
- High levels of enthusiasm, initiative, and a positive attitude.
- Emotional intelligence, resilience, and capacity to perform the work.
- Prior experience working with people with disabilities or in a similar role is desirable.
- Certificate III and/or IV in Disability and prior experience is desirable.
- Must have or be willing to obtain a NSW Driver’s Licence (P2/Full).
- Must have or be willing to obtain a First Aid Certificate.
- Must have or be willing to obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check.
- Must have or be willing to obtain a Working With Children Check (if required).
Skills
- Manual handling techniques
- Person-centred planning
- Behaviour support planning
- Teamwork
- Incident response
- Driving
Location
- Thornleigh
Work Type
- Casual
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Certificate III in Disability
- Certificate IV in Disability
Salary/Compensations
- From $36.22 per hour + 25% loading for casuals
- Shift penalties where applicable
- Up to $15,900/pa in Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging
Benefits
- Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging options
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Wellbeing leave
- Option to cash out annual leave
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
- Flexible work options
- Individualised training
- Free flu vaccinations
- WHEREFIT membership
- Milestone celebrations
About the Company
- Unisson Disability is dedicated to enabling people with disability to live their best lives.
- The organization has been operating for 99 years.
- Unisson is a smoke-free employer.
Equal Opportunity
- Unisson is a proud equal opportunity employer.
- Values diversity and embraces a person-centred approach for both supported individuals and employees.
