Senior Educator/Disability Support Worker

Grow your career as a Senior Educator/Disability Support Worker in Community Inclusion Services

Location:                 Melbourne CBD
Vacancy Type:         Permanent Part Time

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 at home in Shared Supported accommodation and Independent Living settings, and occasionally in the community, to achieve their goals

1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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.
4. 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.

About You

We're looking for people who are passionate, have a great attitude and an eagerness to learn. You'll share Yooralla’s values and have:

• Minimum Certificate IV, or relevant work experience, in disability, community services, employment services or a related field
• An understanding of intellectual disability and the implications for teaching and learning
• Demonstrated knowledge of initiatives in participant learning, the development of Individual Educational Plans and the ability to adapt curriculum to meet the needs of participants with diverse abilities and the capacity to work with colleagues to continually improve teaching and learning
• Experience working in a blended environment and an understanding of best practice methodologies
• Ability to monitor and assess participant learning data using a variety of assessment tools and strategies, using this data to inform teaching for improved participant learning
• Proven ability to understand the operating environment and priorities outside the classroom and to be able to align priorities to support organisational strategies
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning to enable further development of skills, expertise, and teaching capacity
• Demonstrated ability to support the social and personal development of participants and an understanding of positive behaviour support that builds and encourages self-regulation
• Experience in using a range of ICT platforms and LMS, (including Office and Canvas)

Other requirements :

• Working with Children's Check (If required)
• NDIS Worker Screening check
• International Police Check (if required)
• Australian Driver License 
• Requirement to use own smartphone or tablet device for receiving shifts and client confirmation of attendance
• 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.

Sound like you?