Disability Support Worker - Hiring Fast

About us

Hunter Supports was established in 2021 and has been rapidly growing since! We are a friendly, family run company, providing Disability Support Services to NDIS participants in the Maitland, Newcastle and Hunter region. We specialise in mental health, intellectual disability, psychosocial recovery and mild physical disabilities. We provide services such as: 

• Community access 
• Self-care activities 
• Group activities/excursions 
• ILO home 
• Domestic assistance 
• Employment support

If you are local to the Maitland area, want to work with a family run, small provider and you take pride in providing passionate, caring and quality support services - then we may be the right fit for you!

Essential Criteria

• NDIS worker check and/or Police check
• First aid/CPR
• Full driver’s licence
• Own car with fully comprehensive insurance
• WWCC
• NDIS orientation and induction modules
• Have a proactive ‘can do’ attitude
• Demonstrated caring approach to providing quality supports and achieving goals

Desirable but not essential

• Experience with mental health support
• Cert III or higher in individual support/community services
• Special interests that may be able to be shared with participants to skill build

Tasks & responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 support to NDIS participants with mental health, psychosocial and intellectual disabilities
• Providing supports within an ILO home
• Assisting participants with activities of daily living, community participation and skill development
• Assisting participants to attend medical and therapy appointments
• Supporting participants with personal hobbies
• Engaging with participants in conversation and fun activities

Benefits

• Small family run company
• Company values strongly focussing on participants and assisting them to reach their goals
• Further training and mentoring provided
• Fortnightly roster
• Remuneration dependant on experience and in line with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010
• EAP available