Support Worker - Frenchs Forest

Support Worker - Frenchs Forest

Company: Fighting Chance Australia Work Type: Casual Location: Frenchs Forest (Onsite)

Avenue operates coworking spaces in Frenchs Forest, Botany, Parramatta, and Newcastle. These spaces enable participants to join work teams, contribute to thriving microbusinesses, share in profits, and make choices about community-based social events and activities. Avenue, empowered by Fighting Chance, currently supports over 420 individuals with disability. Our vision is for people with disability to have unrestricted access to opportunity, dignity, and prosperity within a truly inclusive economy.

Why You'll Like Working With Us: We believe we have an exceptional workforce and are committed to recognising and supporting our staff. A role with Avenue offers:

• Support, mentoring, career guidance, and ongoing informal and formal professional development opportunities within a strong training and learning culture.
• Salary Packaging, allowing for increased take-home pay through reduced tax obligations.
• Flexibility.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Purpose-driven work.
• An opportunity to be part of a dynamic team contributing to a positive workplace culture.

The Role: The Support Worker position is integral to our operations. The successful achievement of our goals is dependent on the delivery of superior support in our day-to-day programs and services.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Providing all aspects of personal care, mealtime assistance, behaviour support, and assistance with daily work tasks.
• Developing relationships with participants.
• Ensuring participants receive the best support in the manner they desire.
• Providing feedback to families regarding support delivered and progress towards goals.
• Utilising creativity to devise innovative approaches to support delivery.
• Completing relevant reporting in a timely manner.

What We Are Looking For:

• A professional, positive, and passionate approach to delivering the highest level of support.
• Energy, ambition, and a desire to learn and grow in the role.
• Possession of, or willingness to obtain, an NDIS Worker Screening Check and a Working with Children Check.
• Possession of, or willingness to obtain, Provide First Aid (HLTAID003).

Avenue is not an 'average' day program. If you are not an 'average' employee, we encourage you to apply.

To be considered for this position, please attach a cover letter detailing your suitability for the role, along with your current resume.

Find out more at avenuecoworking.org.au and via the interview with Avenue Support Worker Rachelle: https://avenuecoworking.org.au/2022/03/16/interview-with-avenue-support-worker-rachelle/

As a values-based organisation supporting marginalised communities across Australia, we value lived experience and cultural diversity. We encourage applications from people with disability and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. If you require adjustments to our recruitment process, please reach out for a confidential discussion.

Our Commitment to Child Safety: Fighting Chance is a Child Safe Organisation dedicated to the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of all children and young people. We maintain zero tolerance for abuse, harm, neglect, discrimination, or inequality and are committed to preventing harm of any kind. We uphold the rights of children and young people to be heard, have their identity and culture respected, and have their concerns taken seriously and acted upon. All staff are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct and implement our Child Protection Practices, actively promoting a culture of safety, respect, and trust in all endeavours. At Fighting Chance, we consider child safety to be a shared responsibility.