Disability Support Worker

Permanent Part Time and Casual roles available across Monday-Sunday
Salary Packaging (increase your take home pay)!
Additional Purchase Leave and supplementary Parental Leave to enhance your work life balance.
Join the Live Better team in a diverse role, providing care and support to customers within supported independent living, drop-in home support, respite and day programs/community access. We’re looking for experienced and empathetic NDIS Support Workers in the Orange 2800 area. Why Choose LiveBetter?
Salary Packaging for permanent employees (increase your take home pay)!
Guaranteed hours for our valued Support Workers
Access to our 24/7 employee wellbeing app
Supplementary Parental Leave
Additional Purchase Leave
Employee Referral Program
Fitness Passport
Service & Recognition Awards
Learning and Development opportunities, with diverse career pathway options
(Eligibility criteria/terms and conditions may apply for some LiveBetter Employee Benefits)What your Day-to-Day will look like: In this role, you will be invested in providing a person-centered approach to enrich the lives of our customers. Identifying and assessing customer needs, we go above and beyond to support them in their day to day living and encourage them to exercise choice and control. Tasks may include but are not limited to:
Personal care: this may include toileting, bathing, showering, oral hygiene, and other personal hygiene needs.
Meal Preparation: cooking, food preparation and meal planning.
Transport: transport to medical appointments, social engagements, shopping (including assisting with shopping) and other outings as required.
Social Support: welfare checks, fostering meaningful connections, offering empathetic companionship, and maintaining their connection to the community.
Domestic Assistance: duties such as (but not limited to) vacuuming, laundry, general cleaning, dusting, washing dishes, cleaning windows, cleaning carpets, making beds, basic home, and garden maintenance.
What LiveBetter needs from you: You are a professional and caring person who is looking to embrace our values of Integrity, Respect, Cooperation, Empowerment and Excellence in your day-to-day work life. You are someone who wants to make a positive difference, helping our customers achieve their individual goals. In addition, you have:
Driver’s license and a fully registered and insured vehicle
Current First Aid including CPR qualification
Certificate III in Aged Care, Individual Support or equivalent (desired but not essential)
NDISWC and WWCC (or willingness to obtain)
Fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Experience in the use of technology such as smart phones and computer programs.
About LiveBetterLiveBetter Community Services are one of the largest regionally based providers of community services in Eastern Australia. We strive to enable the people of regional Australia to live their best lives. For further info about us and to see for yourself the great things that we do, you can visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/livebettercommunityservices/
https://www.facebook.com/LiveBetterAustralia/
https://livebetter.org.au/
How to apply: If you can see yourself in this rewarding role, please apply via the link now. Our application process is mobile friendly. To help make the process speedy, we encourage you to have/apply for all necessary checks upon application. Please note, as part of the application process you will need to pass a National Criminal Check and pre-employment medical (including drug and alcohol screening). You will also need to undertake and pass LiveBetter Clinical Care Core Competencies training and other mandatory training. LiveBetter is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.