Our team at North Rocks offers a permanent part-time position.
Northcott offers outstanding benefits including five weeks of leave, gym membership, and a health insurance discount.
Salary packaging is available to boost your take-home pay!
About the opportunity:
Our team at North Rocks are looking for two support workers for a permanent part-time position. This opportunity suits individuals who want to provide individualised support in a respite setting. The rate is $33.42/hr + superannuation + salary packaging.
Role Requirements:
- Manual Handling – one of the customers requires assistance due to mobility deterioration.
- Experience in high support needs - PEG feeding and medication.
- Challenging behaviour Experience – we have customers with complex health and behavioural concerns.
- Flexibility to work on a 24/7 rotating roster; weekends are a must.
Typical duties might include:
- Supporting customers to develop and maintain independence.
- Undertaking various household tasks, including mealtime management, cleaning, shopping and other community access activities.
- Personal care includes bowel care, manual handling using various equipment and aids, and other health and hygiene needs such as feeding, medication, dressing, toileting, and showering.
- Supporting customers with intellectual disability, high physical support needs and medical / health needs.
- Ability to develop positive relationships with our customers and to support their care plans, including goals
Pre-Employment Requirements:
- Valid working rights.
- A current Driver's Licence and confidence to drive an accessible van.
- NSW Working with Children Check NSW.
- NDIS Worker Check
- Current First Aid and CPR certificate
- Health Assessment
Position Description:
https://northcott.com.au/documents/support-worker-position-description/
Why work for us?
- We are a leading disability service provider in NSW and the ACT, providing services and support for people with disability and their families and carers.
- 5 weeks annual leave (for permanent employees), salary packaging to increase take-home pay, health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and an insurance discount.
- Regularly, staff start as casual and can convert to permanent based on performance and availability.
- Opportunity to work across multiple locations and apply for internal management or corporate services roles.