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Disability Support Worker to work for SILC (NDIS Provider) at PaRA Cooperative (a friendly family governed home for 3 men in their early 30s on Autism Spectrum in the Chatswood/Lane Cove area. We invite candidates willing to work casual shifts to cover all or some of the available shifts to apply with Resume to ****@ihug.com.au
Available Shifts
Mon, Wed & Thurs: 7am – 10am
Thurs 2pm -9pm
There will be opportunities to add extra shifts as they arise.
Hourly Rate of Pay as Casual
Weekdays $49.00
The successful applicant must care for the residents that you will be supporting. You will work as part of a great team and will have frequent communications with the parents to best support the residents develop their daily living skills, participate in the community and lead healthy, fulfilling lives.. Experience is desirable but paid training will be provided.
You will be required to obtain NDIS Worker Clearance and you must have a driver’s licence and car. You must have a current First Aid certificate ( or commit to obtaining one before commencing your role )
Play an impactful role in helping people with disability in a home that truly meets their needs
Supporting Independent Living Co-operative (SILC) is seeking to employ a Casual employee who is keen to join a great team that support 3 men with autism in their early 30s in their home in Chatswood.
SILC is a NDIS Supporting Independent Living Provider that supports families to operate a family governed supported accommodation home for their loved ones with disability.
As part of our unique family governed model, residents of SILC homes enjoy a level of care where they can be their best selves. Choice and Control are at the heart of everything we do. We know that living with a disability has multiple layers of complexity and that homes run by families for families have better outcomes. We choose our staff with care, as teamwork, collaboration and camaraderie create an energy where the house crew love their day and are committed to helping residents thrive.
PaRA Co-operative is a not-for-profit that runs the home for the three men under the SILC NDIS Provider umbrella. The three men have lived together at the home for over 10 years.
CHECK TO SEE IF THE BELOW DESCRIBES YOU:
- You have a positive contemporary attitude towards people with a disability.
- You can demonstrate you can work unsupervised as well as an effective team player with a positive can-do attitude.
- You relate well to a range of people with sound listening and problem-solving skills.
- You display patience, emotional maturity and resilience.
- You can demonstrate knowledge, experience and understanding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
- You have good administration skills and an ability to multi-task.
- You are a creative thinker and want to bring the best in others.
- You are an active, energetic person.
- You are solution focussed and accountable.
As a member of the team, you will be:
- Providing high-quality person-centered living experience to residents and their families.
- Ensuring you understand and comply with SILC’s policies and procedures relevant to the role.
- Maintaining and championing safe working practices and associated safety registers.
- Completing Shift Notes and Incident Reports compliant with SILC reporting requirements and corrective actions are implemented.
- Recording resident data reports, housekeeping, facilities maintenance, food preparation and routine implementation.
- Contribute to team meetings, supervisions and resident planning.
- Representing the NDIS principles of inclusion and sustainability by ensuring that behaviour support plans, participant goals, activity plans, functional community access programs are active and relevant.
- Suggesting ways to improve practices to improve the lives of the residents and the effectiveness of the team.
If this sounds like the ideal role for you, please provide your resume AND a cover letter detailing your relevant experience to Sue Anthony at ****@ihug.com.au . Please include your contact phone number.
