Disability Development & Support Officer. Permanent Part Time - Bentleigh

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About The Position

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers. Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you. We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. This permanent part-time position at Bentleigh involves providing assistance with activities of daily living and contributing to the development, implementation, and review of Individual Plans. The role supports 2 males and 2 females who have physical, behavioural and medical support needs and so, the successful candidate will have previous experience supporting people with behaviour support plans, manual handling and medical support. Please see below the set roster. Roster Split is 33:00/44:30

Requirements

Experience with behaviour support plans
Previous experience in manual handling
Confidence and experience in providing personal care
A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.
The ability to develop a positive relationship with clients and to support their Individual Personal Plan.
Cert IV in Disability or similar
A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate.
A current unrestricted Driver Licence and willingness to drive a company van.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and an International Criminal History Record Check; if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia in the last 10 years.