Careers Detail - Northcott

Job Detail: Support Worker

Illawarra - NSW, Australia - NSW

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Our Kembla Grange team offers multiple casual positions.
Northcott offers outstanding benefits, including five weeks of leave, gym membership, and a health insurance discount.
We offer a generous salary package to boost your take-home pay!

About the opportunity:

Your contribution will make a meaningful difference. Join our team and help our customers in a group home in Kembla Grange to achieve their life goals.

We offer multiple casual support worker positions with a pay rate of $33.42/hr + superannuation + salary packaging + casual loading.

Role Requirements:

Manual Handling – customers require assistance due to mobility deterioration.
Challenging behaviour Experience – we have customers with 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.
Empower to establish effective communication with customers using an individualized 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 Checks 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.

We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes or applications. Northcott is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited agency resumes or applications.

Northcott is an EEO employer and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Essential pre-employment checks will be conducted.

When applying internally, Northcott employees are required to notify their Manager and should be aware that their Manager may be asked to endorse their application

Northcott offices will be closed for the Christmas break from 24/12/2024 and reopen on Tuesday 02/01/2025. We will be assessing applications from 02/01/2025 and welcome your application over this time. Northcott, thank you for your support and wish you a happy and healthy holiday season.

Northcott will review candidates throughout the recruitment process, likely before the close date and you will be advised of an outcome. For general enquiries about the role you are applying for, please email [email protected] .

Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Northcott actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process and throughout employment. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected and supported to progress. Northcott welcomes applications from and ensures no one is disadvantaged on the basis of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, culture, LGBTIQ+ identity, disability, gender, age, religion or caring responsibilities. If you require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, if you have a preferred contact method or require any information provided in an alternative format, please contact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at [email protected] .