Northcott's Auburn team offers a 30-hour per fortnight permanent part-time position.
We offer 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 Western Sydney team is looking for a permanent part-time support worker. This opportunity suits individuals who want to impact our customers' lives by offering personalised support within a group home setting. The rate is $33.42/hr + superannuation + salary packaging.
Role Requirements:
- Manual Handling – customers require assistance due to mobility.
- Challenging behaviour Experience – includes complex health and behavioural concerns.
- Personal care includes bowel care, various equipment and aids, and other health and hygiene needs such as medication, dressing, toileting, and showering.
Typical duties might include:
- Ability to develop positive relationships with our customers and to support their care plans, including goals.
- Various household tasks include mealtime management, cleaning, shopping and other community access activities.
- Empower to establish effective communication with customers using an individualised approach, using whatever means of communication is appropriate for each individual.
- Implementing and reviewing Individual Program Plans.
- Record the progress of each customer in line with relevant documentation.
- Devise and facilitate program activities and workshops with customers and other support staff.
- Support and actively encourage customer participation in decision-making about their program and service.
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.
On offer is the opportunity to join and contribute to the growth and success of one of the largest and most established disability services providers in NSW and the ACT. We have over 120 accommodation sites and are proud to have served over 13,500 valued NDIS participants last year.
As an employer, we proudly offer a family-friendly workplace and not-for-profit salary packaging, which can increase your take-home pay. We also have a new reward and recognition program that entitles you to discounts with a range of retailers, dining, entertainment, and lifestyle brands.
To apply for this role, please provide an updated Resume along with a brief covering letter giving an overview of your most relevant skills and experience.