About the Role:
As a Support Worker, you’ll help clients with disabilities build skills, confidence, and independence through engaging activities and in-home support.
From cooking, music, and crafts to leisure sports and community outings, you’ll play a vital role in enriching lives. Some shifts may include afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers.
*** This role will require availability outside of school hours
Benefits:
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SCHAD’s Award Level 2 Pay rates from $34.58 – $37.73 (base rate) or $43.23 – $47.16 (casual rate)
- Flexible roster with shift work, weekends, public holidays & sleepovers
- Option to purchase extra annual leave (if eligible)
- Ongoing training & professional development
- Annual flu vaccination
Duties:
- Support clients with daily living and medical needs where required
- Encourage independence and skill-building through activities such as cooking, crafts, music, sports, and reading
- Provide in-home and community-based support tailored to individual goals
- Build positive, respectful relationships with clients and their families
- Handle challenges with empathy, patience, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to actively support participants in a range of activities, including outdoor activities and swimming, with craft skills such as sewing and knitting highly regarded to align with current Community Supports activities.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Resilient, adaptable, and confident supporting people from diverse backgrounds
- Able to prioritise and problem-solve under pressure
- Flexible availability (shift work, weekends, public holidays, sleepovers)
- Confident using Microsoft Word and Outlook
- Current Australian Driver’s Licence, Working With Children Check, and NSW NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Able to pass a National Criminal History Check
- Experience supporting high-needs disability clients
- Access to a personal vehicle for work use, if required
Desirable:
- Certificate III or IV in Disability Support (or equivalent, desirable)
- Understanding of NDIA processes (desirable)
- Handy craft skills such as sewing, knitting, or crocheting (desirable)
About Us:
For over 65 years, Challenge Community Services has been empowering individuals and strengthening communities. We provide disability accommodation, foster care, allied health, and supported employment services – all with a focus on inclusion and respect.
Confidential enquiries can be made by contacting Christina Jones via email – christina.jones@challengecommunity.org.au
Closing Date – 26th June 2026
