Disability Support Worker
Core
Provide person-centred support to NDIS participants, including individuals with mental health conditions, assisting with daily living, meal preparation, and community access.
Role type
Disability Support Worker
Builds
Supports independent living and community integration for NDIS participants
Domain
Disability support / Mental health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Direct personal care, meal planning and cooking, safe transport, household task assistance, budgeting support, psychosocial distress response, case note documentation, trauma-informed approaches
Preferred skills
Mental health recovery frameworks, manual handling, medication administration
Technologies
NDIS Worker Screening Check, Working with Children Check, First Aid, CPR
Responsibilities
Provide direct personal care and support in line with individual support plans, Plan, prepare, and cook nutritious meals, Provide safe transport to appointments and community activities, Assist with household tasks and budgeting, Monitor and report changes in participant wellbeing, Respond calmly to psychosocial distress or behaviours of concern
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on support