Disability Support Worker - Weekends & Nights Essential

Locations: Jilliby, Gosford and other Central Coast Areas

• Must Be Available for Weekend and Night Shifts
• Continuous Training Opportunities
• Penalty Rates Applicable
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Culture Connex is a registered NDIS service provider located in Tuggerah, NSW. We are committed to uplifting and empowering people living with a disability, unique in the NDIS provider space. Our Managing Director is leading the way as a person with a disability and an NDIS participant himself. As a registered NDIS service provider, this valuable insight helps us in our advocacy efforts, allowing us to secure the support participant's needs while delivering high-quality services that are truly person-centred.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We have multiple positions for Disability Support Workers (DSW) across various locations. You will be working with Adults and Children with various disabilities, which may include physical, intellectual, cognitive, brain injury and psychosocial disability. You will be assisting the participant in accordance with their care plan in providing the participant with the best care for them to live a full and meaningful life. The shifts available would suit someone who can work across a range of hours, including weekdays, evenings, active/non-active overnight shifts and weekends.

ABOUT YOU

You are a person who goes that extra mile

You enjoy making a difference in a person's life

You naturally care for the needs of others

You are active and enthusiastic

You are someone who enjoys challenges

MAIN DUTIES 

General 

• Always check your understanding of the participant's required tasks before commencing your work.
• Implement personal hygiene and infection control procedures
• Be alert for changes in a participant’s demeanor for signs of distress or apathy (uninterested or listless)
• Adjust your tasks to meet participant's needs, preferences and priorities
• Record all work as per the organisation's requirements 

Work Practices

Duties will vary according to the participant's support plan but may include:

• Assisting people in performing important daily activities
• Facilitating daily tasks like personal hygiene and dressing. With the inclusion of peg-feeding, bladder/bowel management, and seizure management
• Performing home-based tasks such as food preparation and housework
• Undertaking tasks outside the home, such as shopping
• Transportation in wheelchair accessible vehicles
• Ensuring varied programs of social activities
• Providing emotional support and companionship to a professional standard
• Incorporate Child Safe Standards in their practice when working with children and young people
• Report any real or potential risks of harm to a participant, including children and young people

Communicate

• Clearly, inclusively, and respectfully
• Adapt to participant's age, culture and cognitive ability
• Understand individual communication–verbal and non-verbal
• Use the best communication method to recognise the difference between Self and participant
• Be persistent and patient

Build trusted relationships

• Build relationships based on mutual respect 
• Determine what makes the participant feel safe and valued
• Work with both participant and their essential people to understand how they are involved 
• Communicate directly with the participant unless otherwise determined 
• Prioritise the participant's voice during any conflict
• Treat equally but recognise the imbalance in the relationship
• Identify and report any threat in circumstances and environment

Rights 

• Understand participant and worker rights 
• Support participants to express views, raise concerns, report complaints and incidents
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