Experienced Support Worker

FEMALE DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS – CHISHOLM & CESSNOCK

📍 Locations: Chisholm and Cessnock, NSW
💰 Pay rate: $40–$60 per hour, depending on the shift and applicable penalty rates
📅 Employment type: Casual
🚨 Immediate starts available

Hunter Ability Support is seeking experienced, compassionate and reliable female Disability Support Workers for two separate ongoing positions.

Female support workers are required due to the participants’ personal-care needs and preferences.

🧑‍⚕️ POSITION ONE: COMPLEX CARE SUPPORT WORKER – CHISHOLM

📍 Location: Chisholm, Maitland and surrounding areas

Weekly shifts required

Mondays
5:45pm–7:45pm

Tuesdays
6:00am–8:00am or 7:00am–9:00am, depending on whether the participant is attending school & 5:45pm–7:45pm

Wednesdays
6:00am–8:00am or 7:00am–9:00am, depending on whether the participant is attending school

Thursdays
6:00am–8:00am or 7:00am–9:00am, depending on whether the participant is attending school

Fridays
6:00am–8:00am or 7:00am–9:00am, depending on whether the participant is attending school
5:45pm–7:45pm

Saturday and Sunday — fortnightly
7:00am–9:00am
5:45pm–7:45pm

Additional daytime shifts may be available for the right support worker.

About the role

Are you reliable, detail-oriented and experienced in complex care?

We are looking for a compassionate and skilled female Support Worker to join our growing team in Chisholm.

You will work closely with a participant who requires high-level care, consistency and support with complex daily living activities. This role requires someone who is confident, respectful and willing to learn and follow the participant’s established routines.

Responsibilities include

• Assisting with personal care and hygiene
• Providing bowel care, including enemas
• Supporting mobility using hoists
• Assisting with transfers and positioning
• Supporting the participant with daily routines
• Completing cleaning and household tasks
• Following participant care plans and support instructions
• Completing accurate case notes and handovers
• Promoting independence, dignity, emotional wellbeing and social inclusion
• Working respectfully with the participant, their family and the broader support team

To be successful, you must

• Be available for the listed shifts on an ongoing basis
• Be a non-smoker and non-vaper due to the participant’s medical requirements
• Have experience using hoists
• Have experience providing bowel care or be willing and suitable to complete participant-specific training
• Be comfortable providing complex personal care
• Be reliable, patient and detail-oriented
• Be able to follow established routines and care instructions
• Hold a valid Australian driver’s licence
• Hold an NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Hold a Working With Children Check
• Hold current First Aid and CPR certificates
• Be kind, dependable and passionate about supporting others

🏡 POSITION TWO: COMPLEX CARE AND SIL SUPPORT WORKER – CESSNOCK

📍 Location: Cessnock, NSW

Shifts available

• 7:00am–1:00pm
• 3:00pm–10:00pm
• Inactive overnight shifts
• Weekday and weekend shifts available

We are seeking experienced female Support Workers to join a structured Supported Independent Living team in Cessnock.

This position is best suited to workers who have experience providing complex care and understand the importance of consistency, teamwork, professional communication and following participant-specific support plans.

Responsibilities include

• Supporting participants with personal care and hygiene
• Assisting with mobility, positioning and manual handling
• Supporting participants with daily routines and household activities
• Following health care plans, behaviour support plans and risk-management strategies
• Monitoring and reporting changes in participant presentation
• Supporting medication processes within the worker’s training and scope
• Preparing meals and supporting participants with food and fluids
• Completing household cleaning and maintaining a safe home environment
• Supporting community access and social participation
• Completing accurate case notes, handovers, charts and incident documentation
• Working collaboratively with support workers, senior staff, management and clinical professionals

🔍 Essential requirements for both positions

• Certificate III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Ageing or a related qualification
• Relevant disability-support experience
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Current Working With Children Check
• Current First Aid and CPR
• Australian driver’s licence
• Reliable and insured vehicle
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to complete accurate case notes and documentation
• Commitment to participant dignity, privacy, choice and independence
• Availability to work ongoing rostered shifts

Experience in the following areas will be highly regarded:

• Complex personal care
• Bowel care
• Hoist transfers and manual handling
• Medication administration
• High-intensity daily personal activities
• Behaviour support
• Supported Independent Living
• Dementia or neurological support
• Non-verbal participants

💙 What Hunter Ability Support offers

• Immediate start opportunities
• Set and consistent hours
• Participant-specific training
• Support from an experienced management and clinical team
• A respectful and inclusive workplace
• Opportunities for additional shifts
• Meaningful work that makes a genuine difference
• Flexibility and respect for work-life balance

📧 Apply now

Send your résumé, qualifications and current availability to:

••••@hunterabilitysupport.com

Please clearly state whether you are applying for:

Chisholm
Cessnock
or
Both locations

We are hiring immediately, so take the next step in your support career with Hunter Ability Support today.