About us:
Healthcare Australia is Australia's largest specialist recruitment and staffing provider in the Health and Community Care industry. We look for people who share our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Sustainability and Innovation.
The role:
We are seeking committed Disability Support Workers for ongoing shifts located around Townsville. Your primary role will be providing one on one support to our NDIS participants within their home or out in the community. This can include assisting with daily living activities, providing domestic assistance, as well as personal care, transport, and other aspects of daily living as specified by their NDIS plan.
If you are a person with a kind, patient and empathetic nature, and willing to provide with your upmost care, carrying a positive can-do attitude; then this role could be a match for you.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Minimum of 6 months paid experience in supporting people with disabilities.
- Preferred Manual Handling training
- Have a current, or willing be to obtain a First Aid and CPR certificate.
- Relevant Certificate or Diploma within Disability
- You must have a Blue and Yellow card
- Car, drivers licence and comprehensive insurance
Benefits of working for HCA:
- Work flexible shifts in your local area supporting NDIS clients
- Weekly pay above award wages
- 24/7 support from the team
- Free Manual Handling training on offer
- Free National Police Check – we run one ourselves
- eHCA mobile phone app – for ease of updating your availability, submitting time sheets and viewing your booked shifts
This is an identified Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander position. Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander descent, identify as being Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander and accepted and recognised in the community as such. Exemption is claimed under Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
This position requires a Working With Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Commission for Children and Young People.
To be considered for this role applicants must have the right to work in Australia and undergo a DWES check. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
