Disability Support Worker-Braybrook, VIC
Core
Provide complex in-home disability support for a participant with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, and dysphagia, focusing on personal care, mobility, mealtime safety, and medication assistance.
Role type
Senior IC disability support worker (complex care)
Builds
Supported Independent Living (SIL) and in-home care services
Domain
Healthcare + Disability Services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Personal care, toileting, continence support, dysphagia management, medication assistance, ceiling hoist transfers, powered wheelchair operation, non-verbal communication, Positive Behaviour Support, emergency response, documentation
Preferred skills
Experience with non-ambulant participants, emergency evacuation procedures, mealtime management training
Technologies
Ceiling hoists, slings, powered wheelchairs, shower commodes
Responsibilities
Provide safe mealtime assistance for participants with dysphagia; perform one-person ceiling-hoist and sling transfers; assist with positioning, mobility, and pressure-care; respond to choking or aspiration incidents; complete accurate progress notes and incident reports; follow participant-specific support plans and clinical guidance.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC