Day Program Support Workers – South West Sydney
Core
Provide personal care, feeding, medication assistance, and community access support to young adults with mental disabilities and non-verbal participants requiring wheelchair assistance in day programs.
Role type
Disability support worker (day program)
Builds
Daily living support and community participation for NDIS participants
Domain
Disability support / Mental health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manual handling, de-escalation of challenging behaviors, PEG feeding assistance, epilepsy management, medication administration, wheelchair assistance
Preferred skills
Experience with young adults with mental disabilities, experience with non-verbal participants
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Assist with personal care and feeding, manage medication and PEG feeding, support community access and day program participation, handle manual handling tasks, de-escalate challenging behaviors
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on support