Disability Support Worker. Casual - Darwin

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

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

About the role
As a Disability Support Worker, you will play an important role to support and empower people with disability to live independently in a group home, in the community, and to develop skills and achieve their individual goals.

We are looking for experienced Disability Support Workers to join our Darwin team on a casual basis.  
  
These roles will require successful applicants to be available and willing to work within a 24/7 roster that includes regular shift work, including night shifts, weekends and public holidays.
 
Skills & Experience 

• Certificate III in Disability, Community Services or similar is desirable
• Demonstrated Experience supporting People with an Intellectual Disability, Mental Health Illness and challenging behaviours 
• Current Drivers Licence
• Current First Aid Certificate
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
• Ability to maintain clients privacy and confidentiality
• Ability and willingness to work a variety of shifts across a 24/7 roster including weekends, nights and public holidays

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Make a difference in your community 
• Flexible casual positions available

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact lisa.hurd@lwb.org.au

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

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