Key responsibilities

• Provide person-centred support in accordance with participant support plans, routines, goals, behaviour support strategies, risk assessments and GRSS policies and procedures.
• Assist with personal care and activities of daily living, including showering, dressing, grooming, toileting, continence support, mobility and transfers, within training and competency.
• Support household activities including cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, meal planning and meal preparation while encouraging participant independence.
• Support participants to develop daily living, communication, social, budgeting, employment-readiness and other skills relevant to their goals.
• Support community access, social participation, recreation, appointments, education and employment activities identified in participant plans.
• Transport or accompany participants where required in accordance with GRSS procedures and applicable licence, vehicle and insurance requirements.
• Provide medication assistance or administration only where authorised, trained and competent, and complete required records accurately.
• Adapt communication to each participant's communication needs, preferences, culture and circumstances.
• Work professionally with participants, families, guardians, colleagues, health professionals, therapists and other authorised stakeholders.
• Promote dignity, privacy, autonomy, cultural safety, choice and control, including culturally responsive support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants.