Disability Support Worker - with Great Benefits

Legacy Lifestyle Supports is looking for multiple enthusiastic and flexible support workers to provide active assistance to people living with various disabilities.   

The people we offer services to are unique and diverse. They are interested in working with support staff who pay attention to their individual circumstances and who are prepared to listen to what is important to them! If this is you, please read the ‘must have’ list below to check your own suitability before applying. We are paying attention to see who is really interested in being a successful applicant - because those are the people our customers want to meet!   

The role you're applying for will offer opportunities to learn and develop your professional practice within a small and supportive team that hold our values at the centre of all we do. Some of our customers experience high anxiety which leads to difficulty regulating their emotions and behaviours. These challenges require innovative thinking and well managed responses to negotiate.   
  

Successful applicants MUST have:  

• Clear spoken English.  
• Minimum Certificate 3 in Individual Support (disability), Community Services, Mental Health, or other relevant qualification  
• Working with Children Clearance 
• NDIS Worker Screening   
• Senior First Aid and CPR certificate   
• Safe Environments for Children & Young People certificate (or RAN)   

(note: if you do not have these but can show us that you have begun taking steps to get them, please apply) 

 Highly Desirable:   

• Certificate 4 in Individual Support (disability), Community Services, Mental Health, or other relevant qualification  
• Australian Driver’s License   
• Reliable car for use of private vehicle and willingness to provide vehicle safety checks and have full comprehensive car insurance.  

This role requires that you are able to:   

• Follow daily tasks, activities, and schedule to ensure a safe comfortable living environment, always maintaining professionally appropriate engagement.   
• Provide support and services to our customers that keeps them at the centre of all you do whilst at work,  
• Encourage our customers to be engaged in their own lives and their community in a way that feels valuable to them,  
• Be an effective role model for our customers and carry out all tasks and functions in accordance with relevant NDIS and company standards, policies, and procedures.   
• Work collaboratively and innovatively with colleagues to achieve objectives identified by and with the organisation and our customers.  

A successful applicant must demonstrate:   

• Experience supporting people with disabilities.   
• Willingness to learn or prior experience supporting people with emotional and sensory regulation and safe management of challenging behaviours.  
• Strong inclusive approach and strength-based mindset   
• Ability to promote appropriate professional boundaries.   
• A high level of communication skills   
• Good problem-solving skills and innovative approach to assisting people to work towards their goals. 

Application instruction:  

1. Apply via Seek  
2. Please address the criteria above in your cover letter and attention it to LLS Leadership. 
3. Please provide your CV/resume. 

Applications close of business 31/5/2024  

Those shortlisted will be contacted and booked in for interviews the following week.  

Any questions or queries can be sent through to: [email protected] or by calling 83828219