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Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of over 7,000 employees working in more than 530 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
What are your goals? If they are any one of the below, we have the opportunity you may have been looking for:
We are currently looking to recruit a Disability Development & Support Officer (DDSO1/1Q) to work within this supportive and drive house team, situated in Doncaster. In this role you will work as part of the team to provide support for clients within the house to enable access to a life of dignity, respect, and social inclusion. You will be responsible for providing support with activities of daily living and developing, implementing, and monitoring Individual Plans including personal care.
In this role you will work to facilitate the delivery of quality services and achieve positive outcomes with and for the clients within the house. This role involves working with clients with various complex behaviours and medical support needs.
The house profile: The house services 5 clients with varying levels of behavioural and medical support needs. The house is close to local park reserve, public transport and shopping precincts. Assistance and support are required with meal planning and preparation, domestic chores and community access. The residents enjoy a range of activities both within the house and in the community.
This is a part-time ongoing position, the roster details outlined as hours per fortnight are detailed below:
Roster 1:
This roster includes a combination of split shifts, morning and evening shifts with 7 sleepovers throughout the roster.
Key Responsibilities
Essential Qualifications:
If you aren't sure if you have the right experience, please reach out to discuss your background. Even if you do not have direct disability support experience, we want to hear from you.
Benefits:
To Apply:
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click Apply and follow the prompts. For any general enquiries (not applications) including persons with disability that require adjustments please contact sarah.bruitzman@lwb.org.au
Applications close at midnight on the 8th August 2021
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)
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