Lifestyle Mentor

Childers, Queensland 4660, Australia • Casual
AI Job Summary
  • Experience with personal care and manual handling, including hoisting and positioning.
  • Experience supporting people with high and complex care needs, including medication and household routines.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an NDIS Worker Screening Check and Blue Card.

Role Type

On-site • Temporary • Casual • Entry Level

Description

🌟 Join IDSS as a Lifestyle Mentor 

Empower Others. Find Your Purpose. Grow With Us. 

At IDSS (Integrated Disability Support Services), we know that great support starts with supporting our people first. If you’re looking for a role that offers real flexibility, genuine career progression, and a team that has your back, we want to hear from you. 

 

The Role

This is a varied position that spans Supported Independent Living (SIL) and community access support. You’ll work with participants with a range of needs, from high and complex care through to capacity-building and social inclusion, helping them build confidence and independence in every part of their lives.

What you’ll do

  • Provide sleepover supports, responding to needs as they arise
  • Deliver personal care and manual handling, including hoisting and positioning
  • Assist with medication management, meal preparation, and daily household routines
  • Support participants to build independence and confidence in their own home
  • Work as part of a rostered team to ensure consistent, high-quality care
  • Support participants to navigate systems such as NDIS plans, housing, mental health, and community services
  • Provide practical assistance, including referrals, outreach, and transport coordination to appointments and activities
  • Advocate alongside participants for fair and equitable access to supports
  • Build participants’ capacity for self-advocacy and long-term independence
  • Support social inclusion by helping participants connect, engage, and thrive in their community

What IDSS Offers You 

We invest in the people who make our work possible. When you join IDSS, you get: 

  • Competitive pay packages, reflecting the skill and care you bring to the role 
  • Salary packaging through Eziway, including novated leasing options — increase your take-home pay by reducing taxable income 
  • Genuine flexibility, with shifts to suit your lifestyle across days, nights, and weekends 
  • Real career growth, training pathways and support to gain or build on your Cert III/IV in Individual Support 
  • A supportive, inclusive team culture that values your individual strengths and voice 
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), because we care about your wellbeing as much as the people you support 
  • Ongoing mentorship and supervision, so you’re never navigating complex situations alone 

What You’ll Bring 

Required: 

  • NDIS Worker Screening Check and Blue Card (or willingness to obtain) 
  • Current driver’s licence 

Preferred (not essential): 

  • Cert III/IV in Individual Support (Disability) or equivalent 
  • A reliable, insured vehicle 
  • High-level support experience (e.g. hoisting, bowel care) 
  • Comfortable using apps and digital rostering/care tools 

 

Ready to Make an Impact? 

Apply now or learn more at www.integratedsupport.org.au 

📞 Call us on 1300 4377 669 for more information. 

Let’s create opportunity, empower people, and thrive — together. 

Company Overview

IDSS is a disability support provider with Community Hubs in Bundaberg, Childers and the Sunshine Coast. We deliver a range of supports to people with a disability including: Supported Independent Living Community Access (both individual and group support) Respite We’re five years old now, and we wouldn’t have made it to where we are without the participants we support and the commitment and hard yakka of our extraordinary staff. We are looking for Lifestyle Mentors to work across our communities.