Careers

Join our mission in Broken Hill to inspire and uplift, using your resilience to build brighter futures.

About the role

This opportunity presents a demanding yet deeply fulfilling prospect for you to make a positive change in the lives of people with disability. We are currently recruiting for our Lifestyle and Supported Independent Living (SIL) programs.

SIL is supporting people with disability in shared housing or in their own home, providing various supports including personal care and daily living assistance. You can expect to work across a 24/7 roster. 

Lifestyle supports are one-on-one support to individuals with disabilities in their homes or the community, with travel between clients and working short, split shifts required.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to work sleepover shifts is essential for SIL only
• Assist clients with complex needs, demonstrating calmness and empathy. Utilise de-escalation techniques to ensure a supportive environment.
• Implement person-centred active support and behaviour support plans, advocating for client choice and participation in care and decision-making while ensuring safety and compliance in all interaction
• Support clients in a safe and compliant manner, empowering them to discover their strengths, build independence, and actively engage with their community to foster a sense of belonging

• Offer opportunities for choice, self-expression, and active involvement across all facets of our daily care services

• Provide support with personal care tasks, such as bathing and dressing

Skills & Experience

• Experience working with complex disability support needs including non-verbal, escalations and behaviours of concerns will be highly regarded.
• Valid First Aid and CPR Certificates as per NDIS requirements
• 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 service users and to support their personalised support plan

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, NDIS and Working with Children Checks (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Pay rates starting from $41.76 (casual) or $33.42 (part time) per hour as per the SCHADS Award
• As an essential worker you may be eligible to receive a Welcome Bag and additional support through ‘The Welcome Experience’, a regional NSW initiative supporting families who have recently relocated to Far West NSW
• Opportunity to contribute to social inclusion and advocate for the rights of individuals living with disability, fostering a more inclusive community

About the Organisation

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 and 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.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Caprisse Angemi via caprisse.angemi@lwb.org.au