AddressGrow your career as a Senior Disability Support Worker in Community Access Supports
Location: East Bentleigh & Clarinda
Vacancy Type: Part-Time - Monday through Friday
Applications close: 14 May 2024
If you’re looking for great work/life balance and a rewarding career supporting people with disability to live the lives they choose, then this is the job for you.
At Yooralla, you’ll have the opportunity to make a positive difference, supporting people in the community, and occasionally at home, to achieve their goals
4 reasons to join our Disability Support team!- Make meaningful connections and contribute to your local community. Enjoy rewarding (and at times fun) work where you can give back to the community and support people with disability to achieve their life goals; and maybe even to achieve something they may not otherwise have done without your support…how good would that feel for everyone involved?
- The ultimate work/life balance – you’ll have flexibility with when and where you work, to fit in around your family, study or other commitments. Imagine how satisfying it would be going home from work after really making a difference in someone’s life?
- You’ll have the support of other likeminded teammates and a large, established organisation and you’ll be part of something bigger, as we work together supporting our clients to achieve. We will give you all the support you need – including with safety, quality and compliance – because these are important to us, and they will need to be important to you too. You’ll undertake training and development, and there will be opportunities to develop your career, including support to undertake a professional qualification.
- We offer a competitive hourly salary. You might get paid more than you think, and you can pick up additional shifts when they suit you! Plus, you have the option of generous salary packaging benefits to increase your take home pay and reduce your taxable income.
There are actually more than 4 reasons to join us! Want to find out more?
A day in the life of a Senior Disability Support Worker - Community Access Supports at Yooralla.So what will you actually be doing as a Senior Disability Support Worker (DSW) in Community Access Supports? This new exciting opportunity will be required to provide guidance and direct support to a group of clients and Disability Support Workers who are involved in a Community Based Social Group Program.
The program supports people between the ages of 50-75 access the community and participate in a schedule program of their choosing. This program runs Monday through Friday between 9:30am-2:30pm. There are also additional opportunities to pick up extra shifts on the weekend if desired.
This rewarding role will be the link between the Program and the Community Inclusion Coordinator and Manager to ensure that everything is being facilitated correctly. No one work day will be the same! You might support clients with:
working towards their goals
a wide range of recreation and social activities
shopping, appointments and events
engaging in meaningful opportunities and relationships, and
daily living and personal care needs, including assistance with meal preparation, personal hygiene and mobility.
Find out why our DSWs love working in Community and Recreation.
About You
We're looking for people who have a minimum 2 years of experience as a Disability Support Worker, ideally in Community and Recreation. You'll share Yooralla’s values and have:
- Experience working with group based activities (Hubs, Recreation, Community Access)
- Experience leading teams
- Experience with BOCs, Meal Assistance and Manual Handling
- A positive approach, initiative and self-motivation
- Willingness to be committed to empowering our clients to reach their goals, and to upholding quality and safeguards in your everyday work
- Availability to work between 9:30am-2:30pm, Monday to Friday
- Effective communication skills, and good English literacy to communicate well with our clients
- Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team
- Willingness to support clients with personal care activities
- Australian Driver Licence
- Current Working with Children check or the ability to obtain one
- The right to work in Australia, and
- The ability to get a First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certificate if you don’t already have one.
A Certificate IV in Disability or other relevant qualification is highly desirable.
You will be subject to NDIS Worker Screening.
Sound like you?
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Vacancy contact
To find out more about this role or working with Yooralla, please contact **@yooralla.com.au.
More information about working with Yooralla
At Yooralla, you’ll work at Victoria’s most established and recognised for purpose disability service provider with more than 100 years of experience offering high quality support services to people with disability. We work in partnership with adults and children, their families and carers to enable them to live the lives they choose. Find out more about what we do.
We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. We strongly encourage people with disability, LGBTQIA+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands People to apply.
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