Disability Support Worker

Care Compass Collective is a Queensland based NDIS provider delivering psychosocial and mental health focused disability support. Our support is relationship led, psychology informed and shaped around each person's goals, needs and everyday life. We deliver in-home support, community participation, mentoring, employment assistance, psychosocial recovery coaching and short-term respite across South East Queensland.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Disability Support Worker delivers day to day support that helps participants work towards their goals, build skills and confidence, and take part in their community and everyday life.

Our participants live with psychosocial and mental health related disability, so much of the work involves showing up consistently, reading a situation well, and adjusting the support to suit the day the person is having.

The role is casual and itinerant, working primarily at participant locations across South East Queensland, with occasional attendance at our Slacks Creek office.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Deliver person centred support in line with each participant's support plan, adjusting your approach to their preferences, communication style and capacity on the day

Support participants to build daily living skills, community access and social connection

Assist with everyday tasks such as meal preparation, household tasks, shopping, appointments and transport

Provide personal care where it forms part of a participant's plan, respecting their dignity, privacy and stated preferences

Apply trauma informed, recovery oriented and strengths based practice

Follow documented safeguards, risk assessments and behaviour support plans exactly as written

Write shift notes in plain, factual, person first language, and report incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with our procedures

Complete a dynamic risk check at the start of each shift, and stop or leave a shift where it is unsafe to continue

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Reliable and consistent, because showing up as agreed is central to building trust with participants

Calm and steady, able to work alongside people experiencing distress without taking it personally

Respectful and non judgemental, meeting people where they are rather than where you think they should be

Willing to ask questions and escalate early, rather than working around a problem alone

Open to feedback and interested in developing your practice

WHAT YOU NEED

Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain one

Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

HLTAID011 Provide First Aid and HLTAID009 Provide CPR

Completion of the NDIS Worker Orientation Module, or willingness to complete it before commencing

Current Australian driver's licence and access to a reliable, comprehensively insured and registered vehicle

Sound written communication skills for shift notes, incident reports and handover, and confident use of a smartphone app for rostering and documentation

Current right to work in Australia

WELL REGARDED

A Certificate III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Community Services or Mental Health, or equivalent experience

Previous experience supporting people with psychosocial or mental health related disability

Mental Health First Aid, or training in trauma informed practice or de-escalation