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Salary- Are you a fantastic Support Worker?
- Regular shifts, including sleepover shifts
- $42.09 p/h weekdays after induction, plus salary packaging (pay less tax)
About the Client: Our client is in the process of transitioning to an Independent Living Option (ILO) set-up with another NDIS participant. This marks their first experience living independently, and the family is seeking dedicated support to ensure a successful adaptation to their new home and the development of independent living skills.
Our client is quite active and loves dancing, latin music, and going to the gym. They also have a fascination for history, and love watching cooking shows, action movies and the news. They also have a love for travelling and camping.
The role involves providing comprehensive support in the following areas:
- Assistance in developing and maintaining a structured routine for support shifts based on the participant's support needs.
- Meal planning, cooking and nutrition.
- Domestic tasks, including household cleaning chores, laundry, and grocery shopping.
- Maintaining household records/ bills and developing money management skills.
- Moving around the community safely and efficiently.
We're InLife. A not-for-profit Disability Support provider that specialises in working with people with frequent and complex support needs, including 24/7 assistance.
We build teams around every client, depending on each person's needs and preferences. We partner with people with any type of disability who want to live independently in the community (and we love to make that happen!). That's why our assistants are so important.
Our clients may have physical disability, acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, intellectual disability or autism. We're honoured that many of our clients rely solely on InLife for their essential support needs. Nobody else. Just us.
Our teams are based in Melbourne, Geelong and regional Victoria, including Benalla, Wangaratta, Stawell and Bendigo.
For this role, we are looking for people to support our clients who are located in the Caulfield, Glen Iris, Windsor, St Kilda and Burwood areas.
To do a great job, you'll need:
- Previous experience as a Support Worker
- Availability for sleepover shifts
- Understanding of those living with an Intellectual Disability
- Compassion and dedication to assisting in the client's independent living journey
- NDIS Worker Screen Check, Driver's Licence
- Good judgement and common sense, listening skills, a willingness to learn and a commitment to our values
- Commitment to working with a care team approach, including guidance from professionals. For example, supporting our clients to complete a regular physiotherapy program.
Additional Information
As part of our recruitment process, certain checks will be undertaken with your permission, including an NDIS Worker Screening Check that you must have before you can start work.
We encourage all of our staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and current recommendations about vaccination can be found on ATAGI website.
A word about diversity and inclusion
At InLife, diversity and inclusion is part of our DNA. We celebrate the amazing differences we all bring to our work and we actively ensure that everyone feels safe and supported in our workplaces.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone and our hiring decisions will never be based on things such as your gender identity, disability, age, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural background - because they simply aren't relevant to doing an awesome job (and you are protected from this kind of discrimination under Australian law)
We also know that we continue to learn more about inclusion every day, so if there is something you think we could do differently to make InLife a place you could picture yourself working, we're all ears.
Benefits
- We offer great pay, generous benefits and a supportive team culture
- You can also access salary packaging (can mean extra take-home pay)
- Opportunity for career progression - a clear career path for assistants who want to progress into team leader or coordinator roles
