🚨 Disability or Youth Support Worker – Urgent
(Open for Male and Female Disability or Youth Workers)
📍 Location: Golden Grove, South Australia 5125
✅ Service Commences: 17th June 2025
💰 Pay Rate: SCHADS Award Level 2.1
🕒 Shifts: To be confirmed during onboarding — may include flexible or extended hours
💪 Are You a Strong, Experienced Support Worker?
We are urgently hiring male and female Disability or Youth Support Workers to support a complex Young Person (YP) with high-intensity needs in Golden Grove, SA. If you have the resilience, experience, and passion to make a difference, we want to hear from you.
⚠️ Client Overview: High-Intensity & Complex Needs
This role involves supporting a young male client with significant behavioral and medical challenges. Due to the intensity of this case, applicants must be physically fit, emotionally resilient, and confident in managing high-risk behaviors.
🧠 Medical Conditions
- Intellectual Disability
- Autism Spectrum Disorder – Level 3
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
🔥 Behavioral Challenges You’ll Manage
- Absconding (running away)
- Threatening/intimidating behavior
- Physical aggression
- Verbal aggression
This role requires workers with prior experience managing escalations and de-escalating behavioral crises in a calm, structured, and trauma-informed manner.
✅ Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support a complex young person in day-to-day routines
- Monitor and respond to high-risk behaviors using trained strategies
- Assist with personal care, meal preparation, and medication compliance
- Maintain a safe environment for the client and yourself
- Support with emotional regulation, independence-building, and community access
- Record daily progress, incidents, and updates professionally
📋 What We’re Looking For
✔️ Minimum 2 years experience supporting clients with high-intensity or complex behaviors
✔️ Clear and confident spoken and written English
✔️ Physically fit and capable of responding quickly to behavioral episodes
✔️ Ability to follow structured behavior support plans
✔️ Strong boundary-setting, patience, and resilience
✔️ Preferably experienced working with young people (YPs) in the disability or residential sector
🎓 Mandatory Requirements
📌 Certificate III or IV in Disability, Youth Work, or Individual Support (Highly Preferred)
📌 NDIS Worker Screening Check
📌 Employee Working with Children Check (SA)
📌 National Police Check (current within 12 months)
📌 Current First Aid & CPR Certification
📌 Valid Australian Driver’s License + Reliable, Insured Vehicle
🚀 Why Join Connecting Families?
At Connecting Families, we provide tailored support to individuals with complex needs. Our team is professional, trauma-informed, and driven by compassion. You’ll be part of a dedicated network working to uplift lives in meaningful, sustainable ways.
💥 Ready for a Role That Challenges and Rewards You?
📩 Apply now to join Connecting Families — where every shift empowers a future.
