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Support Worker

(A) Support Worker • Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia • Part-time

Description

Support Workers

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with a disability?

SensesWA is a leading profit for purpose organisation with over 127 years’ history in providing disability services in Western Australia. Our purpose is to build capacity by providing comprehensive services, specialising in sensory loss, positive behaviour support and children’s therapies.

At SensesWA, we focus on recruiting the right people and offering targeted training so we can seamlessly match a person with a disability with the right support worker to engage in new experiences, establish community connections, develop independent living skills and live a fulfilling life.

Summary:

We are currently seeking passionate and reliable support workers for the Perth Metro – South and Southeast regions (including Southern River, Armadale, Camillo and Haynes) to provide support to individual clients with disability, verbal and non-verbal participants with all aspects of daily living including personal care and community access support.

Essential Criteria:

  • An ability and willingness to support people requiring wheelchair assistance, medication administration, epilepsy management, and PEG feeding.
  • Providing Personal Care, and participate in a range of social and leisure activities.
  • Demonstrated experience working with people with a range of disabilities, including working with non-verbal, vision impaired.
  • Possess a high level of trust, honesty and integrity and be able to maintain professional relationships.
  • Have a high level of resilience and experience working with people who may present with difficult and challenging situations.
  • Be computer and mobile phone savvy in order to access mobile app, work emails and web-based applications such as rosters, case notes and incident reports.
  • Provide and maintain proof of eligibility to work in Australia.
  • Current ‘First Aid’ certificate (with at least 1 year validity remaining).
  • Current NDIS Worker Screening Check.
  • Current WA Working With Children’s Check; and
  • Current Australian Driver’s License and a comprehensively insured vehicle.
  • Desirable Criteria:

  • An ability to provide personal care to people who need it, including support with feeding and Personal Hygiene including bowl care, dressing and hoisting.
  • Willingness to undergo various related paid trainings as provided by the organisation.
  • Certificate III or IV in Disability.
  • Why work for SensesWA?

  • Healthy work life balance, including wellness leave.
  • Competitive remuneration including salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2650 per annum tax-free salary packaging.
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
  • Working within a dedicated and supportive team.
  • Helping to improve to lives of the people you are supporting.
  • How to Apply

    Click Apply Now and upload your CV and cover letter. We do not accept applications via email or calls from recruitment agencies.

    Applications close Monday 28 April 2025.

    SensesWA welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability, refugee status and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. SensesWA is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and encourages social and cultural diversity.

    Role Type

    On-site • Permanent • Part-time • Associate

    Company Overview

    At SensesWA our vision is a community which embraces and respects uniqueness and diversity and where a person with disability has equal opportunity to aspire and achieve. Our purpose is to assist individuals of all ages with disability, who meet SensesWA eligibility criteria, to meet their goals and aspirations through the provision of contemporary and responsive services. We expect all our employees, volunteers and students to commit to our core values to support our achievement of our vision. 
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