Disability Support Worker – Dedicated 1:1 Team (Multiple Roles) | Burnie TAS
Advertiser:
Azalea Care
Location:
Burnie & North West Coast, Tasmania
Classification:
Community Services & Development > Aged & Disability Support
Work type:
Part Time (permanent roster) and Casual
Pay:
SCHADS Award Level 2 Pay Point 1 + penalties, sleepover allowances & superannuation
Help build something from the ground up: a small, consistent team around one remarkable woman starting her new life on the North West Coast.
About the role
Azalea Care is recruiting a dedicated team of support workers for a participant relocating to Burnie in September **** to continue her university studies.
She is a warm, gentle and highly intelligent woman in her late twenties.
She is autistic with high support needs and co-occurring mental health conditions, and she thrives with a small, stable team of calm, attuned workers she knows and trusts.
Supports are 1:1 in the participant's own home and community — Variable hours over 7 days a week.
That means genuine, reliable hours: morning and daytime blocks, evening shifts and sleepovers, across permanent part-time and casual arrangements.
Because consistency is the most important thing we can offer, we are looking for people who want a long-term role with the same participant, week in, week out.
What a week looks like
Supporting daily routines — gentle prompting with personal care, meals and medications
Cooking and planning meals together, household tasks, laundry and shopping
Driving the participant to appointments, university-related activities and community outings
Sharing the things she loves — animals, art, archery, walks and the gym
Providing calm emotional support and co-regulation when the world gets overwhelming
Following her Positive Behaviour Support Plan and allied health strategies precisely
Clear shift notes and warm handovers so the whole team stays consistent
Inactive sleepover shifts — being a reassuring presence overnight
About you




Experience supporting autistic adults and/or people with psychosocial disability
Calm, patient and attuned — you notice small changes early and respond gently
Reliable and consistent: you keep your shifts, because predictability matters here
You give people full choice and control — you explain and support, you don't take over
Trauma-informed in your practice, with strong professional boundaries and a warm style
LGBTQIA+ affirming — inclusive, affirming and respectful practice is essential in this role
Experience with Positive Behaviour Support Plans (highly regarded; full training provided)
Comfortable working sleepover shifts and sole-worker shifts
Essential requirements
NDIS Worker Screening Check (or willingness to obtain before commencement)
Tasmanian Working with Vulnerable People registration
Current First Aid and CPR certificates
Current driver's licence and a reliable, comprehensively insured vehicle
NDIS Worker Orientation Module ("Quality, Safety and You") completed
Right to work in Australia and two contactable referees
Why join Azalea Care
SCHADS-aligned pay with penalties, sleepover allowances and super
Paid, thorough induction — including participant-specific behaviour support training before your first shift
A stable, predictable roster and a genuinely long-term match with one participant
Regular supervision, team debriefs and hands-on support from our coordinators and the behaviour support practitioner
The chance to do person-centred support properly — one person, one team, done well
How to apply
Apply via SEEK with your resume and a short cover note telling us about your experience supporting autistic adults and why consistent, relational support work appeals to you.
Shortlisting begins immediately.
Meet-and-greets with the participant form part of the selection process — she chooses her team.
Participant details are shared with shortlisted applicants under confidentiality.
Azalea Care is an equal prospect employer; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQIA+ applicants are warmly encouraged to apply.

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