Support Worker
As a Support Worker, you'll help clients with disabilities build skills, confidence, and independence through engaging activities and in‐home support. From cooking, music, and crafts to leisure sports and community outings, you'll play a vital role in enriching lives. Some shifts may include afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers.
Location
* Based in Muswellbrook, may also require travel to surrounding areas including Scone and Singleton.
Benefits
* SCHAD's Award Level 2 Pay rates from $34.58 – $37.73 (base rate) or $43.23 – $47.16 (casual rate)
* Flexible rostered hours
* Fitness Passport access for you and your family (eligibility criteria applies)
* Training and professional development opportunities
* Annual flu vaccination
* Real job satisfaction—make a difference every day
* Salary packaging + meal/entertainment card (if eligible)
Duties
* Support clients with daily living and medical needs where required.
* Encourage independence and skill‐building through activities such as cooking, crafts, music, sports, and reading.
* Provide in‐home and community‐based support tailored to individual goals.
* Build positive, respectful relationships with clients and their families.
* Handle challenges with empathy, patience, and problem‐solving skills.
* Actively support participants in a range of activities, including outdoor activities and swimming, with craft skills such as sewing and knitting highly regarded to align with current Community Supports activities.
Essential Skills and Experience
* Strong communication and relationship‐building skills.
* Resilient, adaptable, and confident supporting people from diverse backgrounds.
* Able to prioritise and problem‐solve under pressure.
* Flexible availability (shift work, weekends, public holidays, sleepovers).
* Confident using Microsoft Word and Outlook.
* Current Australian Driver's Licence, Working With Children Check, and NSW NDIS Worker Screening Check.
* Able to pass a National Criminal History Check.
* Experience supporting high‐needs disability clients.
* Access to a personal vehicle for work use, if required.
Desirable Skills
* Certificate III or IV in Disability Support (or equivalent).
* Understanding of NDIA processes.
* Handy craft skills such as sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
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