Gisc224 - Direct Support Worker - Closes 1 April 2024

• Permanent Part-Time (4 positions) – 30 hrs per fortnight
• From $30.46 per hour (plus allowances)
• Casual positions also available

Council offers a wide range of benefits such as salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits), health and wellbeing programs and employee vaccinations to employees.
Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.
Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.
The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW. This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.
Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities.
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:

• Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
• Long service leave after 5 years
• Corporate wellbeing programs
• Employee vaccinations
• PPE supplied
• Training and development programs
• Education assistance
• Generous leave entitlements

THE POSITION
Working in Council’s Life Choices - Support Services team, this challenging position will provide domestic, general and clinical support to people who are older and people with a disability within Council’s Life Choices – Support Services, to facilitate quality of life and maximum independence in their own homes.
Reporting to the Team Leader Direct Support, you will:

• Promote a positive representation of the Council and actively engages in fostering strong public relations.
• Demonstrate continuous awareness and ensure the correct implementation of relevant policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines within the assigned area of responsibility, consulting with the supervisor as needed.
• Handle tasks such as meal preparation, medication administration, housekeeping, domestic duties and personal hygiene assistance and providing transportation for medical appointments and social activities proficiently.
• Report any changes in client needs and circumstances to the supervisor, providing valuable input on the implementation of individual client support plans in a timely manner.
• Maintain professional boundaries with clients, their caregivers, and families, refraining from offering personal suggestions or giving advice on perceived customer needs.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments on clients, venues, and activities, demonstrating diligence in addressing Work Health Safety risks while upholding the duty of care owed to the customer, respecting their right to dignity, self-determination, independence, and respect.
• Ensure the utmost confidentiality regarding customer records and information is consistently upheld.
• Participate actively in group discussions, meetings, and workshops as required to fulfill the position's responsibilities.
• Operate a diverse range of equipment, including but not limited to vacuum cleaners, washing machines, microwaves, stoves, lifters, wheelchairs, and telephones, smartphones and relevant IT equipment.
• Provide training and coaching to new or relief staff, assisting them in learning various aspects of the job.
• Collaborate as a team member to implement specific client care routines outlined in the Domestic, General, and Clinical Care Standards.

This position has been identified as child-related employment. It is an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act to apply for this role. Working with Children Checks and National Criminal Record Checks apply.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Specifically, you will have:
Essential

• Current Class C (Car) Drivers Licence
• Ability to meet the requirements for a Criminal Record and Police Check, NDIS Worker Screening Certificate and NSW Working with Children Check

Desirable

• Qualifications in Individual Support, Nursing or Community Services
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Demonstrated experience and skills in the role of Direct Support Worker

HOW TO APPLY

• Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 1 April 2024
• Carefully read the Information Package to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
• Please ensure that you attach a copy of a recent resume
• Position specific enquiries may be directed to Ellie Brackenborough, Manager of Community Services on (02) 6730 2504 or email ebrackenborough@gisc.nsw.gov.au
• Enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2303 or email jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au
• Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, psychometric assessment, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist.
• All correspondence will be via the email address you supply as part of your application, therefore please ensure that the email address is valid and that you check it regularly (please be sure to check your junk email also)

Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Bernard Smith - General Manager
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