Disability Support Workers (Female)

• About the role

Provide high-quality services to NDIS participants to meet their needs and expectations. These services must also be aligned to organizational, service and individual participant outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure effective and efficient administrative procedures and processes are adhered to including the upkeep of participant files and folders, monthly reporting and business planning activities

• Ensure compliance with the National Quality and Safeguarding Framework and organizational policies and procedures

• Participate and manage areas of domestic support in the home, including household and personal shopping, laundry, meal and menu planning, and meal preparation

• Participate and manage areas of direct care duties including assistance with personal care routines such as bathing, toileting, dressing and grooming, eating/feeding, and medication management

• Assistance with transferring and mobility

• Implement personalized training programs with people supported in the program in a diverse range of areas including shopping, transport, communication, managing finances, meal preparation, medication management, housework, and basic home maintenance

• Arrange, support, and undertake with service users home based and community-based activities

• Provide effective behavioural support to individuals in line with their written interaction guidelines

• Support a workplace culture of teamwork, support, and participant service innovation

• Attend and participate in mandatory team meetings

About you

• Experience working with people with intellectual and/or physical disability and their families

• Experience assisting people with a disability with activities of daily living, including personal care

• Understanding, ability and willingness to implement Person-Centred Practices

• Skills in building relationships with people from diverse backgrounds

• Able to effectively manage time and balance priorities

• Experience in using technology to communicate and share information

• Experience following policies, procedures and plans

• Minimum Certificate III in a Disability or related qualification

• Current Northern Territory Driver's License

• Current National Criminal History clearance, Working with Children Clearance (NT Ochre Card), NDIS Worker Screening Clearance

• First Aid Certificate and CPR Certificate

• NDIS Worker Induction Module and Infection prevention and control module