Job Category: Community Services and Development
Novita provides early intervention, rehabilitation, therapy, assistive technology and disability services to more than 6,000 people living with disability, as well as support for their families and carers.Our primary purpose is to enable kids, young people and adults living with disability and their families to participate in the community to their full potential.
Job Description
About the Role
As the Senior Support Worker,located in Hindmarsh, you will provide ahigh level of service to people living with disability in a variety of service settings aimed at maximising the client'sinclusion, independence, decision-making and personal choice, in our Community Programs.In this hands-on role, you will enable the delivery of safe and effective, individualised, person centred supports for people living with disability to assist them to achieve their goals.
Supporting the team leader in the day-to-day management of the community hub, you will also ensure compliance requirements are met, and provide client centred leadership within a team by modelling best practice service delivery, focusing on coaching and mentoring other team members to develop their practise and the outcomes for clients.
Desired Skills and Experience
About You
As a team player who enjoys communicating with a variety of people, you will utilise your initiative and self-motivation whilst demonstrating your client-centred approach to service delivery.
Along with experience in supporting a client centred service, you will have the following skills and attributes:
- Minimum Certificate III in Disability, Community Services (or equivalent)
- Current First Aid Certificate (including CPR), and training in; Assist with Medication, Epilepsy & Midazolam, Through their Eyes, and Manual Handling
- Effective verbal and written communication between clients, families, staff and care givers
- Maintaining a strong client focus in all situations
- Promoting Novita's aims and objectives to all clients and the community at large
- Attention to detail and accuracy in record management and maintenance
- Interpreting and acting upon client's communication needs, health care plans and mealtime guidelines, and identifying and responding to individual health concerns and recording relevant observations in client diaries
- Administering prescribed medication on a needs basis to individual clients and accurately recording the administration of the prescribed medication in accordance with the Health Care Policy
- Work to best practice Work Health & Safety Standards
We're serious about safeguarding our clients. If you don't have a current NDIS Worker Check and SA Working with Children Check, we'll let you know how to obtain these prior to starting work with us.
Remuneration Package and Benefits
Total remuneration package includes base salary, annual leave loading and statutory superannuation contribution. Enjoy salary packaging up to $15,900 of your salary, increasing your take-home pay by approximately $5,000. Further salary-packaging benefits available include meal and entertainment expenses, accommodation and venue hire, private novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions.
You will be working with a positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others, Professional development opportunities including participation in EVOLVE conference, skills development sessions, Knowledge Sharing and external opportunities to learn and train and Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.
Apply Now and make a difference
When you work with Novita, you change lives, click 'Apply Now'. If you would like to have a confidential conversation before applying, contact Jessica Paxton on 8243 8362 or jessica.paxton@novita.org.au .
Novita is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal and fair consideration for employment. Applicants with a disability and/or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander are actively encouraged to apply. All potentially successful candidates will be required to complete background checks which will include a criminal history check prior to confirmation of employment.
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