At a Glance
- Tasks: Support employees with disabilities in a meaningful work environment and help them achieve their goals.
- Company: Join Packforce, a part of CPA, dedicated to empowering people with disabilities.
- Benefits: Make a real difference, grow your skills, and be part of an inclusive team.
- Other info: Full-time role with opportunities for training and personal growth.
- Why this job: Help others thrive through meaningful employment while developing your own career.
- Qualifications: Experience in disability support and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 42.3 - 51.7 $ per hour.
Location: Wetherill Park, NSW, Australia
Join our Packforce team in Wetherill Park and help create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disability. Packforce is CPA's Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE), providing meaningful, ongoing work for people with disability, alongside the support they need to develop their skills, build confidence and participate in the workplace.
At CPA, our work is guided by our values: Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.
About the Role:
As a Disability Support Worker at Packforce, you will support employees with disability to participate in a supported work environment, develop their skills and achieve their individual goals. Working within our enterprise, you will help facilitate day-to-day work activities, including packing, production and other enterprise activities, while promoting independence, inclusion, dignity and choice. This is an opportunity to combine your disability support experience with practical workplace activities, helping people build confidence, develop their capabilities and experience the benefits of meaningful employment. This is a full-time role, Monday to Friday, and is based in Wetherill Park.
What You'll Do:
- Provide person-centred support to employees with disability in a workplace setting.
- Support employees to participate in packing, production and other enterprise activities.
- Encourage skill development, independence, confidence and workplace participation.
- Adapt your support to meet individual needs and abilities.
- Promote a safe, inclusive and respectful working environment.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support daily operations and achieve positive outcomes.
- Support employees to work towards their individual goals and participate as valued members of the team.
About You:
You are a compassionate, practical and adaptable person who enjoys helping others develop their skills and reach their potential. You will bring:
- Experience supporting people with disability, ideally in an employment, day program or similar setting.
- A person-centred approach that promotes dignity, choice, inclusion and independence.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- The ability to adapt your approach to suit different support needs and abilities.
- A commitment to workplace health and safety.
- A positive, hands-on attitude and willingness to support both people and day-to-day enterprise activities.
Essential Requirements:
- A current NSW Driver Licence (P2 minimum).
- Current First Aid and CPR certification.
- A current Working with Children Check (WWCC).
- A current NDIS Worker Check.
Why Join Packforce?
- Make a real difference by supporting people with disability to access meaningful employment.
- Be part of an inclusive workplace that values individual strengths, abilities and aspirations.
- Support personal growth by helping employees develop practical skills and confidence.
- Work collaboratively with a dedicated team committed to positive outcomes.
- Grow your career through training, development and opportunities to build your disability support experience.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you are passionate about disability inclusion and want to help people thrive through meaningful employment, we would love to hear from you.
CPA is committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people with diverse lived experience and will happily accommodate reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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