Disability Support Worker (Casual) (Dallas)

As a disability support worker, your role will be crucial in providing emotional support, physical assistance, and supervision for people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities.

The specific role depends on the client, however, as a support worker your role will focus on tasks that alleviate discomfort and social connectedness, independence, emotional well-being, and general health.

**key responsibilities**:

- Offering emotional support to individuals and their families
- Assisting with domestic tasks and chores such as shopping, menu planning, cooking, washing, toileting and cleaning
- Helping with outings, social activities and other daily routines
- Providing companionship and support to assist clients to develop their existing skills, abilities and confidence

**Performance Measure**:

- Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a team workplace
- Experience prescribing a range of disability equipment

*Demonstrated high level of problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently (as required) and exercise initiative
- Commitment to providing a client focused service in a timely, consistent, coordinated and flexible manner
- Demonstrated knowledge of ongoing issues that living with a disability presents at various life stages
- Flexible, family-friendly culture that will enable you to balance family and work obligations;

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $35.00
- $55.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift

Licence/Certification:

- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- CPR Certification (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (preferred)

Work Location: In person Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qv9wu