Job description
We are looking for a passionate, empathetic Support Worker with a can-do attitude and positive growth mindset to join our vibrant team at Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) Lifestyles, on Permanent Part time basis.
About the role
Your role centres on supporting people with disability to live meaningful lives, and actively drive their own decisions and goal as well assisting clients with mealtimes, personal care and medication.
Some things our clients love doing:
- Expressing themselves through creative mediums e.g. art, cooking, gardening
- Selling or exhibiting things they’ve created to the community
- Maintaining their health and wellbeing e.g. yoga, gym
About Us
At CPA Lifestyles, our clients participate in social and recreational activities, essential life skills and engage with their local communities. We match clients with disability support workers that are tailored to their needs, interests and passions in life.
The Benefits
- Our team is vibrant, inclusive and creative
- Ongoing professional development, including Certificate III and IV in Disability
- Discounted gym membership for you and your family, using Fitness Passport
- Salary packaging (for permanent staff)
Requirements
- Available for a minimum of 3 days per week, hours between 9:30am and 3:30pm
- Valid driver’s license
*CPA will be shut down over the holiday period (19th Dec – 6th Jan). We will be reviewing applications in early January*.
Important information:
At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a high level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements.Please let us know if you have any pre-existing injuries or illnesses which you are currently seeking, or have sought, medical treatment for which you think may impact your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of this role. CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience.
We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA. As such we encourage all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability.
We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.
CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles.