Support Worker Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Support Worker to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Providing a safe and welcoming environment for clients who live at, or are accessing the service;
- Assisting participants with personal care;
- Availability to cover a range of shifts including sleepovers, weekends and more than 1 shift per day is highly desirable;
- Transport;
- Domestic and Daily Living support;
- Community Access: Transportation to appointments or events as well as attendance and support with community access and socialisation;
- Advocating for clients with external agencies on a needs basis;
- Maintaining daily Communications Book and other documentation as required e.g. client records and case notes;
- Domestic assistance: Meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry assistance and changing bedding;
- Undertaking a variety of tasks i.e. serving meals, supervising activities, transporting clients and other accommodation related tasks;
- maintaining client records/case notes and other documentation required;
- Individual support: Aiding in the development of new skills and assisting clients with achieving independence;
- Reviewing and managing care/support plans and documenting with relevancy;
- Maintaining data integrity in terms of the privatisation of sensitive information;
- Recording daily achievements and constructing progress notes.
Requirements:
- Be physically fit due to the physical nature of the position;
- Satisfactory Police Records Check;
- Experience with higher needs participants such as, however not limited to: PEG feeding, hoisting, seizures, epilepsy and challenging behaviours;
- Evidence of working rights within Australia such as a passport or birth certificate;
- A current valid Driver’s License and a reliable, registered vehicle;
- Have own roadworthy car and driver’s license;
- Flexible, responsive and have the ability to do fill-in shifts as and when required;
- Blue Card and Yellow Card (Current or willing to obtain prior to employment);
- Have a genuine, caring soul and be able to contribute positively in my life;
- Minimum Qualification or evidence of enrolment in Certificate 3 or 4 in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care or Home and Community Care;
- Valid Australian Driver’s Licence and Comprehensive Car Insurance;
- Valid First Aid Certificate and CPR Certification;
- Working with Children Check (Preferred);
- Clear National Police Check;
- Nationally accredited Certificate III or above within the health field e.g. Disability, Individual Support, etc.