Disability Support Worker – Mount Evelyn in Melbourne

Are you a fantastic disability support worker?

Availability for rostering of 8, 10, or 12 hour shifts. $46.65 p/h weekdays after induction, plus salary packaging (pay less tax).

We are seeking experienced support workers who are passionate about making a real difference in someone’s life to join our close-knit team supporting a young adult in a 2:1 support setting.

Our client is a friendly 20-year-old young man with a great sense of humour who enjoys the outdoors, but also values time at home. At times the role may involve behaviours of concern, so applicants must be confident working within behaviour support plans and are able to remain patient, regulated, and supportive during challenging moments. You will be trained in behaviour support strategies and expected to work within a trauma-informed and person-centred framework.

Support is provided in the client’s own home and in the community, with a strong focus on teamwork, communication, and maintaining a safe and predictable environment. Staff work closely together and follow established routines, care plans, and support strategies.

To do a great job, you’ll need:

• Experience supporting people with a physical disability.
• Experience supporting manual handling (hoist and sling).
• Experience in personal care (showering and dressing) as required.
• Assistance with domestic duties.
• Enthusiasm and passion for supporting people with disabilities to live great lives.
• Great patience and willingness to build rapport with our client.
• Willingness to work with a care team approach and incorporate the guidance of professionals.
• Good judgement and common sense, listening skills, a willingness to learn and a commitment to our values.
• Willingness to work varied shifts with varied hours including early mornings, evenings and weekends together with some short shifts, and sleepovers.
• Commitment to ongoing shifts.

As part of our recruitment process, certain checks will be undertaken with your permission, including an NDIS Worker Screening Check that you must have before you can start work.

We encourage all of our staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and current recommendations about vaccination can be found on the ATAGI website.

InLife is committed to ensuring the rights, safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. We have a zero tolerance of child abuse and every InLife employee has a responsibility to make sure all children and young people are safe and feel safe.

Benefits:

• Great pay, generous benefits and a supportive team culture.
• Access to salary packaging (can mean extra take-home pay).
• Opportunity for career progression - a clear career path for assistants who want to progress to be key worker.

A word about diversity and inclusion:

At InLife, diversity and inclusion is part of our DNA. We celebrate the amazing differences we all bring to our work and we actively ensure that everyone feels safe and supported in our workplaces.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone and our hiring decisions will never be based on things such as your gender identity, disability, age, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural background.

We also know that we continue to learn more about inclusion every day, so if there is something you think we could do differently to make InLife a place you could picture yourself working, we’re all ears.