Disability Support Worker (DSW) – Complex Physical Disability
Core
Provide 24/7 complex physical care and daily living support for a non-verbal young woman with Cerebral Palsy (GMFCS Level 5) and epilepsy in her family home.
Role type
Specialist Disability Support Worker (Complex Care)
Builds
Personal care, safety, and community participation for a single participant with high support needs.
Domain
Disability support / Neurological care / NDIS
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manual handling and safe transfers, continence support, assisted feeding and dysphagia management, seizure monitoring, pressure care and positioning, non-verbal communication support, community access facilitation
Preferred skills
Experience with GMFCS Level 5 Cerebral Palsy, hoist and transfer equipment operation, implementing allied health therapy programs
Technologies
Hoists, transfer equipment, eye gaze communication devices
Responsibilities
Perform personal care including showering, dressing, and grooming; manage continence and assisted feeding; execute safe manual handling and transfers including 2:1 supports; monitor seizure activity and report concerns; implement allied health programs; facilitate community access and social participation; provide emotional reassurance and engagement
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC