- Build meaningful connections with Participants and their families, understanding and supporting their unique needs, goals, and daily activities.
- Assist with daily living tasks including meal preparation, medication administration, dressing, household duties, showering, and toileting as per individual plans.
- Facilitate Participants' engagement in activities, outings, education, or employment aligned with their individual plans, including transportation.
- Record shift notes, case updates, incidents, and medication administration using BoraCare systems, ensuring timely and accurate documentation.
- Uphold a clean, safe, and hygienic setting, supporting cultural and religious needs, and participating in evacuation procedures as needed.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, attending team meetings, core training sessions, and maintaining open communication.
- Follow protocols for incidents, near misses, and timesheets, providing feedback and reports to senior staff or management as required.
- Assist with planning, advocacy, and communication to ensure Participants’ personal goals and well-being are prioritized.
Key responsibilities
- Develop meaningful and professional relationships with Participants and their family, understanding their unique needs, goals, and daily living activities.
- Provide direct care (daily living and household activities) assistance to Participants in line with their individual plan, as required such as meal assistance, medication, dressing, household duties, showering, and toileting.
- Provide assistance with daily planning, advocacy, communication and transport as required.
- Provide physical assistance as required including all aspects of manual handling, lifting, bending, stretching.
- Support engagement in activities, outings, education and/or employment related in line with individual plan.
- Ensure completion of appropriate documentation. Relevant information on support provided is to be recorded in case notes and communication logs/handovers.
- Support and sustain the cultural and religious needs of Participants.
Qualifications & experience
- Minimum Certificate III in Disability Services or in a relevant field, or higher.
- Maintaining all Industry and organizational related mandatory clearances and training requirements.
- At least 12 months or 24 months work experience in similar field.
- Ongoing commitment to accurate record keeping confidentiality, duty of care.
- Genuine interest in the wellbeing and inclusion of people with disability.
- Effective verbal communication skills and demonstrated flexibility in methods of communication, particularly active listening.
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and use initiative appropriately.
- Demonstrated capacity to collaborate as a part of a diverse team and work autonomously.
About Company
Tailored Holistic Care an Adelaide-based, Australian-owned business that is delivering personalized home nursing, aged care, post-surgery and mental health support for veterans, NDIS and private clients.
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đź“Ś Disability Support Worker
🏢 Tailored Holistic Care
đź“Ť Adelaide