Casual Disability Support Worker - Supported Independent LivingThe primary purpose of a Disability Support Worker is to provide active support, care and encouragement of individuals in the community living with physical disabilities. A Disability Support Worker works alongside customers and their families or carers to support them to achieve their goals and to improve their quality of life.
We have casual vacancies available Monday - Sunday with a range of morning, afternoon, evening and sleepover shifts as well as active nights. The role as casual would be to be flexible in availability to assist with filling shifts when regular rostered staff are unavailable. The Key Result Areas (KPI's) of the position are: Uphold the rights of a person with disability Understand and respect the rights of customers. Speak up and support the participant if those rights are not respected.Support customers to understand, explore and think creatively about their options, and uphold their decisions.Support customers to look after their own health. Take action and manage health and safety risks to them or yourself.Work with customers to make sure services and supports are enabling them to live the life they want and support them to make changes when needed.Effective communication Support customers to express themselves and adjust your communication style to suit their needs and preferences.Respect and apply Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) principles in service delivery as required.Recognise the roles and expertise of each person in the customers' support team and work with them to provide support.Understand how the person you are supporting would like to participate in society and support them to build their knowledge and connections so that they can live the life they want.Attend and collaborate during compulsory team meetings.Build trusted relationships Develop and maintain professional relationships with the customers' and others present in their lives (friends, family etc.), based on mutual trust and respect.Find out what a good life means to a customer without imposing your own assumptions.Support customers to build their strengths and engage them in meaningful ways.Your Impact You must think of how your actions impact on the quality of support you provide, seek feedback, and keep improving your practice.You must know your role and responsibilities, and when to seek support from others to develop your capabilities.You must take care of yourself and manage your wellbeing.Be present, pay attention to how the needs of customers may change, and respond accordingly.Maintain respect, a positive attitude and professionalism in all actions.Support Tasks Maintain a safe environment for customers, and maintain a high level of duty of care.Meet customers' day to day health and medical needs.Administer medication.Assist with manual handling tasks.Assist with complex care and high intensity support needs where required.Provide physical duties to customers which include domestic duties (cleaning, gardening, laundry etc.) and support customers to learn skills for daily living.Follow an Individual Support Plan when supporting a customer.Assist in completing Individual Support Plans and End of Plan Reports with customers' and support teams as and when required.Follow customer Behaviour Support Plan where applicable.Assist customers to connect with family and friends, and to maintain community links.Complete dated notes after completion of each shift.Report all authorised and unauthorised use of restrictive practice.Report all incidents on WHS System in a timely manner.Submit mandatory reports when required.Personal Accountability Work in accord with Aspire's Values, code of conduct, policies and procedures and relevant government legislation and standards.Ensure appropriate use of resources.Actively participate in initiatives to maintain, build upon and promote a positive and collaborative workplace.Identify opportunities to integrate and work collaboratively across teams.Pursue opportunities for your own learning and development such as reflecting on your approach to practice, maintaining and developing professional networks and refreshing knowledge of current practice.Comply with Aspire's WHS and wellbeing programs.Comply with Aspire's Quality Framework.Qualifications: Minimum Certificate III in Disability, Aged Care, Individual Support, Community Service or related and/or proven relevant experience.NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.Driver's licence.NDIS Worker Orientation Module.Valid First Aid and CPR Certificate. #J-18808-Ljbffr