Disability Support Worker
Core
Provide individualized, respectful, and empathetic support to empower participants with complex needs to live independently and achieve personal goals.
Role type
Disability Support Worker
Builds
Personalized daily living support, therapeutic activities, and community engagement for participants
Domain
Disability services / NDIS
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manual handling, medication administration, mobility assistance, care plan documentation, NDIS legislation knowledge, community engagement facilitation
Preferred skills
Driver's license (12-seater vehicle), lived experience in disability sector, experience with complex support needs
Technologies
NDIS regulatory framework
Responsibilities
Provide support for daily living activities (hygiene, dressing, eating, mobility), administer medications, facilitate therapeutic activities, support transportation to appointments, document care activities and progress, communicate with healthcare professionals, update care plans
Seniority
Casual, hands-on IC