Disability Support Worker/ Peer Support/ AIN – Mental Health

We are a bespoke and new NDIS (disability) provider that specialises in supporting people with mental illness (psychosocial disability) and are currently looking for staff who want to join our family and come on this exciting journey with us.

Relatey currently provides services that support access and participation in the community and, in April, will be opening two supported independent living (SIL) homes (24/7 care).

Relatey values the power of “lived experience” because we truly believe that this aids us in delivering a higher standard of care and assists us to support our clients to achieve the best possible outcomes. We also believe it provides a high standard of care and accordingly have a goal to have a of our workforce to consists of over 80% of staff who have their own lived experience of mental illness or disability (either personally or someone close to you).

We value a multicultural and diverse workforce including visa holders. Although we need a valid visa for you to initially start working with us, longer term we will consider sponsorships for the right people.

Position Details:

• Position Type: Casual and Permanent Part/Full Time positions
• Wage: $34.04-$40.00/hour + superannuation
• Location: Sydney area- Inner west/Eastern suburbs, Northern Suburbs

Key Duties

1. Use an ‘active’ person centred approach to client support to assist our clients with daily living tasks and independent skills. Including (but not limited to): personal hygiene and grooming, light domestic duties (meal preparations and cleaning), transport to appointments and/or facilitate leisure and/or community outings.
2. Record client’s progress towards their individual supports plans and goals. Documenting services delivered, incidents and reports.
3. Ensure participants continue learning and participate in meaningful leisure, recreational, social and cultural activities;
4. Build respectful and professional relationships with participants, families and community members involved in disability programs
5. Provide support (that is empathetic and client focused), advocacy and information to our clients