Careers

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit 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, refugees and asylum seekers. 

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.

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.

About the role 
Permanent full-time Senior Disability Development and Support Officer (DDSO2) position in Highett supporting people with disability living in Support Independent Living (SIL) Home.

The people you will be supporting are highly independent, love a chat, a coffee and regularly accessing the community and so are after a high energy, experienced disability support worker who is passionate about getting involved in active support.

The successful candidate must have leadership skills and experience; experience working with behaviours of concern and must be able to commit to the set roster line below which is a 76:00/76:00 full time split and requires weekend shifts.

Key responsibilities: 

• Directly support people with disabilities
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of support plans
• Contribute to team planning, service function and day to day administration
• Work with the House Supervisor to provide staff support and leadership
• Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
• Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
• Maintain thorough record keeping
• Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
• Advocate for client choice and control

Skills & Experience

• Cert IV in Disability
• Leadership experience
• Experience with behaviour support plans
• Previous experience in manual handling
• Confidence and experience in providing personal care
• A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.
• The ability to develop a positive relationship with clients and to support their Individual Personal Plan.
• A current First Aid Certificate
• A current unrestricted Driver Licence and willingness to drive a company van.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and an International Criminal History Record Check; if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia in the last 10 years. 

Benefits

• No day is the same, lots of community access and active support activities
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Ongoing roster line with a stable, predictable roster

How to Apply   

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller 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 10^th of May