Are you looking for an opportunity in Disability Services that is not only rewarding, stimulating and secure, but makes a real difference in your community?

Disability Support Work is an essential and rapidly expanding industry with high levels of satisfaction and security. There are also great opportunities to improve and enhance your skills or transition from a different industry.

About Southern Cross

Southern Cross has been arranging support people in their communities throughout NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and ACT since 1984. We arrange the provision of an extensive range of aged support and disability services for people in their private home and community.

About the opportunity

• Disability Support Worker
• Females preferred
• Blue Moutains NSW

Southern Cross is seeking a motivated, caring and committed individual as a Disability Support Worker to deliver support services to a gentleman with multiple sclerosis living with his wife in their own home.

This support will enable the gentleman to maintain a level of independence by providing a service that will assist him to complete everyday tasks.

The successful Support Worker will receive support to achieve the skills required to deliver individualised support to people with disabilities living in the community.

Duties may vary depending on the Participant's needs, but may include:

• Assistance with Personal care tasks
• Medication administration
• Assistance with Therapy tasks
• Use of Mobility equipment – e.g. hoist, wheelchair, shower chair
• Light Domestic assistance
• Meal preparation 
  

Service delivery times

• Wednesday and Thursday 8am to 4pm
  

Requirements

• experience in community care
  
• current references
• mobile phone
• current drivers licence and reliable vehicle

As part of the engagement process, all successful applicants must receive a National Criminal History Clearance and need to obtain a Working with Children Clearance to commence working as a Support Worker.

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