Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Disability Support Practitioner Lifestyles
🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia7 days ago
A$68,000 – A$68,000MidPart Time
Role Purpose
The Disability Support Worker role at CPA exists to provide high-quality, person-centered support to people with disabilities.
You will play a vital role in empowering clients to live as independently as possible, by helping them to achieve their goals and supporting their day-to-day wellbeing, dignity and quality of life.
About the Clients
CPA are seeking a Disability Support Worker to support clients in our Lifestyles Home & Community Service across the Northern Beaches area.
At CPA, we support clients with a varying range of disabilities, including Cerebral Palsy, as well as other intellectual and physical conditions.
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Ranging in age between early adulthood and more mature clients, we empower them to get out and be involved in the community, giving them the platform to make their own decisions and choices.
Role Overview
Your role is focused on providing support to clients out in the community.
You will make a meaningful difference through supporting clients by taking them out and accompanying them with day-to-day responsibilities such as appointments or shopping, as well as other activities that they are interested in doing.
You will also provide personal care to clients in a respectful and dignified manner, administer medication, and support clients to move around the house through manual handling and the use of specialised equipment such as hoists.
You'll also be asked to document and monitor client wellbeing, and collaborate effectively with other CPA staff to maintain a supportive team environment
What Success Looks Like
Essential Criteria
Where required, CPA will support or reimburse relevant compliance certifications.
Why Cerebral Palsy Alliance
CPA is one of Australia's leading disability service providers. We are an alliance of great minds, united by a shared purpose - to create a world of opportunity for people with disability.
We are committed to safety, inclusion, and upholding the rights and dignity of every individual we support.
Benefits
Training, Development & Progression Opportunities
CPA is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 90213).
We offer fully funded nationally recognised qualifications including:
CPA also encourages internal progression and is committed to providing opportunities for growth to our people. This can include progression into Disability Support Practitioner Level 4 (DSP4) roles, as well as pathways to leadership and management positions.
Recruitment Process
CPA is committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people with diverse lived experience and will happily accommodate reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
We have assessed this role type as requiring a high level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.
