- Our Hornsby team offers a permanent full-time position.
- Northcott offers outstanding benefits, including five weeks of leave, gym membership, and a health insurance discount.
- We offer a generous salary package to boost your take-home pay
About the opportunity:
Contribute positively to the community by assisting the coordinator with daily operations and empowering our customers in a day program centre located in North-West Sydney to achieve their life goals and embrace independence. We offer a permanent senior support worker position with a $36.46/hr pay rate + superannuation + salary packaging.
Role Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with people with disabilities, assisting them in achieving their goals and outcomes.
- Problem Solving & Decision Making - Defines the extent of problem areas and develops solutions.
- Communication - Listens effectively, conveys and receives ideas, information and direction.
- Ethical Behaviour - Ensures their dealings with all others are non-discriminatory, respectful, consistent, timely and equitable.
- Safety - Has a strong understanding of WHS principles and applies these in the workplace.
Typical duties might include:
- Working in various programs on-site (Adult Recreational, Life Skills, Work and Study and Skills for Life).
- Ability to develop positive relationships with our customers and to support their care plans, including goals.
- Empower to establish effective communication with customers using an individualised approach, using whatever means of communication is appropriate for everyone.
- Working autonomously and as part of a team.
- Engage and build relationships with external stakeholders.
- Commitment to a person-centred work ethic.
- Flexibility and presence of mind to deal with change under pressure.
Pre-Employment Requirements:
- A current Driver's Licence and confidence to drive an accessible van.
- NSW Working with Children Checks.
- NDIS Worker Check.
- Current First Aid and CPR certificate.
- Health Assessment.
Why work for us?
- We are a leading disability service provider in NSW, QLD, and the ACT, providing services and support for people with disability and their families and carers.
- 5 weeks annual leave (for permanent employees), salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and an insurance discount.
- Opportunity to work across multiple locations and apply for internal management or corporate services roles.
We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes or applications. Northcott is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited agency resumes or applications.
Northcott is an EEO employer and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Essential pre-employment checks will be conducted.
When applying internally, Northcott employees are required to notify their Manager and should be aware that their Manager may be asked to endorse their application.
Northcott will review candidates throughout the recruitment process, likely before the close date, and you will be advised of an outcome. For general enquiries about the role you are applying for, please email recruitment@northcott.com.au.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Northcott actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process and throughout employment. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected and supported to progress. Northcott welcomes applications from and ensures no one is disadvantaged on the basis of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, culture, LGBTIQ+ identity, disability, gender, age, religion or caring responsibilities. If you require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, if you have a preferred contact method or require any information provided in an alternative format, please contact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at diversity@northcott.com.au.
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