Disability Support Worker

Job Type: Contractor

About the role

We are currently seeking a Disability Support Worker who lives in and around the Flinders area to support a 49 year-old male participant who has a Traumatic Brain Injury and a Spinal Cord Injury. The participant is currently residing in his own home with 24/7 support and is also wheel-chair dependent.

While your skills/qualifications and experience tell us part of your story, your values, attitude and cultural alignment with Southern Cross are essential.

At Southern Cross we aim to ensure our behaviours reflect our core values which include:

• Care and respect
• Innovation
• Teamwork and Integrity

Duties include but not limited too

• • • Medication administration
    • Bowel management
    • Assistance with allied healthcare plans
    • Manual Handling
    • Domestic assistance
    • Meal preparation
    • Use of special equipment
    • Community participation
    • Behaviour management
    • Documentation and reporting

Qualified Allied healthcare professionals will also provide education in specific allied healthcare plans.

What you need:

• Current references
• Mobile Phone
• Current driver's license and your own car
• NDIS workers screening check or willing to obtain (mandatory)
• First Aid Certificate or willing to obtain (mandatory)
• Working with Children's Check or willing to obtain - Paid (mandatory)
• Certificate III (Ageing and Disability) or equivalent (mandatory)
• Passionate about caring and committed to client wellbeing

Days/Hours

There are a variety of shifts available, please add your availability in the application form.

What's in for you?

• Competitive industry pay rates
• Industry leading specialised training learning & development opportunities to set you up for success
Rewarding work that helps you to give back to community
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What's in for you?

• Competitive industry pay rates
  
• Industry leading specialised training learning & development oppertunities to set you up for success
• Rewarding work that helps you to give back to community

A Little bit about us

Southern Cross has been arranging support for people in their communities throughout NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and ACT since 1984. We arrange the provision of an extensive range of aged support and disability services for people in their private home and community.

Disability Support Work is an important and rapidly expanding industry with high levels of satisfaction and security.

Next Steps or How to Apply

If you're ready to make a difference, click Apply Now and one of our friendly Roster admin coordinators will contact you.

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