Disability Support Worker (Female). Casual - Griffith
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Job no: 506065
Employment type: Casual
Location: ACT
Categories: Disability
About the Role
Joining our Lifestyles team (in-home and in-community support), you will provide one-on-one support to individuals with disabilities in their own homes, with travel between clients and working short, split shifts required. You will provide a variety of supports including domestic assistance, personal care and community access.
Casual shifts available are short, split shifts across weekdays (with occasional weekends) between 9am to 5pm. The occasional sleepover shift may be available to support other local programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Personal care
- Maintain and monitor person centred plans
- Documenting and progress note keeping
- Develop rapport and strong relationships with the people we support and their families
- Community access and transportation
- Domestic assistance (light cleaning such as but not limited to mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, wiping benches, dusting)
Skills & Experience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build relationships and strong rapport with clients and their families
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate (must be obtained prior to employment)
- Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence and own registered and reliable vehicle
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Working with Vulnerable People Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.
At Life Without Barriers we consider gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, and so we ask that only Female applicants apply.
About the Organisation
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
Benefits
- Casual hourly rate from $43.22 plus Super
- Do meaningful work, positively impacting lives through relationships
- Access to wellbeing program for employees and families
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Rianne Gifford at recruitment@lwb.org.au
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 18th of January, 2026.
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