**Job no**: 505402
**Employment type**: Casual
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Disability
**About the Organisation**
Empowering people with disability to live life the way _they _choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you're passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
**About the Role**
We are seeking skilled and experienced** Disability Support Workers**, to join our **Supported Independent Living (SIL)**team. You will support people with disability living in shared housing, providing various supports including personal care and daily living.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
- Provide assistance with High Intensity daily personal activities
- Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
- Maintain thorough record keeping
- Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
- Advocate for client choice and control
**Skills & Experience**
- Experience working with people with disability
- Previous experience working behaviours of concern
- Prior experience working with high medical needs
- Confidence in driving a wheelchair van
- Manual Handling and Hoisting experience
- An unrestricted Australian driver's licence
- A current First Aid and CPR Certificate
**Benefits**
- Casual hourly rate from $43.22
- Access to wellbeing program for employees and families
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)
**How to Apply**
**Applications close at midnight on Thursday the 31**st** of July, 2025**
**Advertised**: 17 Jul 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 31 Jul 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time