**Support Worker - PT 48 Hrs FT Tweed**
Requestion ID: req6144
Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time
As a registered NDIS provider, New Horizons specialise in supporting people with disability, mental health concerns, those who are aged, people at risk of homelessness, humanitarian entrants, youth, and Indigenous Australians.
You will be the first point of contact for NDIS participants, families and Support Coordinators who are seeking information about New Horizons or who have chosen us to provide services for them under an NDIS plan.
Based in Tweed Heads, the roles are Part-time Support Worker position with rotating shifts providing the highest quality in high needs / complex care Mental Health & Disability services to the community.
The hours of work vary from weekday shifts, evening and weekend shifts.
**The Day to Day**:
- Meet the daily care needs of residents within the community
- Provide support to residents presenting with complex care needs
- Tasks may include but are not limited too;
- Accompanying to appointments, social & recreational activities, adhering to specialist plans and medication administration, personal care, manual handling, meal preparation as per NDIS plan goals
**You are**:
- Punctual, Friendly, Outgoing, Non-Judgemental, Flexible, Persistent, Empathetic, Practical, Balanced, Compassionate, Warm
- Invested in providing the highest quality of Person Centred support services to the community.
- Competent in working with people with a disability and or Mental Health diagnosis
**What you need to have**:
- Use of own vehicle, KM's reimbursement
- Appropriate certificate level qualification in Community Services, Mental Health or Disability, OR equivalent relevant experience in the human services industry
- Valid NSW Drivers C class licence, with ability to drive vehicles in licence class, including large cars and vans.
- Must be fit to undertake the physical requirements of customer support, including the capacity to lift 10 kilograms unassisted
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, other common systems
- Passion, Respect & Integrity
**Ideally you will also have**:
- Advanced Solid knowledge of services and programs under NDIS
- Understanding of Person-Centred Practices.
New Horizons offers many salary and non-salary benefits, of which you could;
- Take advantage of the tax benefits available only to employees who work for a not for profit organization - through lower tax deductions, we can pay more money to you each week
- Utilise our Employee Assistance Program providing counselling services
- Develop through Internal and external learning and workplace mentoring
- Grow through Professional development opportunities and secondments
- Access flexible work arrangements
- Take Long Service and/or Parental leave
- Work in a supportive culture and working environment
**To Apply**:
New Horizons acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land.