Casual roles based in **Warwick**:
- Buddy shifts and ongoing training provided to help you settle into your new role
- Encouraged ongoing professional development and diverse career opportunities
**Who is Endeavour Foundation?**
We are people working together, making possibilities a reality for people with a disability. We call ourselves #teampossible.
Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia's largest employers of people living with disability, so being inclusive and diverse is not just an aspiration, it is who we are! Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do and getting it right goes hand in hand with living our organisational values and our purpose of making possibilities a reality.
**What can Endeavour Foundation offer you?**
- Salary Packaging Benefits! Package up to **$15,900 **of your annual salary tax free. Less tax = more take home pay for you!
- In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to **$2,650** of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
- An Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service available to all staff and their family members
- Discounts on Corporate Private Health Insurance Plans, white goods and appliances and
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reward and Recognition Program
- Free flu vaccinations
**What can you expect in a typical day working as a Support Worker at Endeavour Foundation?**
We support people in their homes and into the community, providing them with the opportunity to live their best lives and to fulfil their goals and dreams! We're here to help people flourish according to their own interests and priorities.
In this role you will provide support within our** Accommodation Services,** assisting people with disabilities to live as independently as possible in a well maintained functional and safe living space. Working as part of a passionate team of support workers, other key duties will include:
- Helping people to achieve their NDIS goals by developing important daily skills such as housekeeping, personal care, social skills and budgeting
- Assisting with aspects of personal care where required to meet the individual needs of the people we support
- Supporting with meal planning, cooking and shopping with easy access to public transport, shops and community facilities
- Providing support during daily activities such as going for a walk, going to the movies or accompanying to an appointment
- Helping the people we support to maintain a connection to their family, friends, and services
**What will you bring?**
- You are a true people person who is passionate, patient, empathetic and resilient
- You are dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to live their best lives
- Flexibility to work various shifts including days, evening, early morning, weekends and sleepovers
- The capacity to meet the physical requirements as some manual handling tasks may be involved
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to privacy and confidentiality
- Good computer skills and experience using Word, Excel and Outlook
- A Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) would be great but it's not a "must"
- Experience with complex behaviours would also be highly regarded
**How can you join Endeavour Foundation?**
Please note, before commencing with Endeavour Foundation, you will be required to undertake a **"Fit2Work" National Criminal History Check, **hold or be willing to obtain a **Working with Children Check (Blue Card), NDIS Worker Screening Check/Yellow Card **and a **First Aid** and **CPR** certificate
If this is the opportunity for you, click 'Apply' below. We look forward to hearing from you!