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Form of workChoiceOne are looking for casual disability Support Workers to work on a weekly roster for our High care clients based in the Southern suburbs of Perth.
You must have significant experience delivering 1:1 support to clients with High care needs or acquired brain injuries
Key Responsibilities
- Providing personal care (e.g. showering and dressing)
- Complexed bowel care
- Complexed catheter care
- Wound management
- Medication administration
- Meal preparation, cleaning, cooking, shopping, and other household duties
- Taking clients to appointments and helping them pursue social/leisure activities with the use of a wheelchair van.
- Updating progress notes and record keeping
- Daily handovers to supports taking over from your shift.
- Other adhoc duties as per client request.
Essential experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in disability support
- Sling hoisting, slide sheets, and safe transfer practices.
- Supporting clients with complexed spinal injuries.
- Complexed bladder and bowel care trained
- Catheter experience
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
Mandatory application requirements
- Certificate III or higher in Disability or Individual Support - Mandatory
- Significant experience with High care disability support.
- Valid Driver’s License
- Experience driving Multi-purpose wheelchair vehicles
- Own transport
- Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Police clearance less than 12 months old
- Working with Children Check
- First Aid, CPR & Manual Handling
- Ability to work at least 30 hours per week at a minimum
About you
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Must have a minimum of Cert III in individual support qualification
- Excellent language and communication skills
- Attention to detail when writing shift notes
- Flexibility
- Ability to respect clients privacy
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Full right to work in Australia
- Comfortable around dogs
- Can do attitude
- Friendly, resilient and respectful
Successful candidates will be available for a minimum of 3 shifts per week (day shift, sleep shifts and weekends) on a weekly roster and be available to cover any staff absences.
Some of our clients have pets so you must be willing to work around a variety of animals.
Please note that only shortlisted applications will be contacted for the next stage
