About the role

Total Life Empowerment is looking for an experienced support worker to work around the Townsville Region. We empower participants and their families to achieve their goals via a person-centered, human rights focused supports and aim to assist individuals achieve independence and quality of life.

Key responsibilities

- Create meaningful and purposeful relationships with a range of individuals
- Follow processes and apply critical thinking skills
- Explore participants' goals and plan how to achieve them
- Work across a 7-day roster which will be a combination of shifts including mornings, afternoons, sleepover shifts, weekends and public holidays
- Assist people who have an intellectual and or physical disability

About you

- Capable of creating meaningful and purposeful relationships with a range of individuals
- Take initiative to follow processes and possess critical thinking skills
- Trustworthy and compassionate
- Great communication skills and able to explore participants goals and plan how to achieve them
- First Aid and CPR certificate (or willingness to obtain)
- Yellow Card or NDIS Worker Screening Check (or eligible to obtain)
- WWCC (blue card) (or willingness to obtain)




- Valid Australian driver's license (P1 or higher) and personal car for reliable transport with insurance
- Experience in assisting people who have an intellectual and or physical disability, or other relevant industry experience
- Eligible to work in Australia
- NDIS Workers Orientation Module (or willing to obtain)
- NDIS Induction Module (or willing to obtain)

Advantages

- Attractive pay rates (Starting at SHADS 2.1)
- Ongoing training to support skill development
- Professional development opportunities, with the opportunity for career progression
- A positive and supportive team culture and regular debriefs/meetings to ensure that supports are consistent
- Respect for work/life balance and fortnightly rotating rosters
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement (where applicable)
- Penalty rates

About us At TLE we empower participants and their families to achieve their goals via a person-centered, human rights focused supports and aim to assist individuals achieve independence and quality of life.

📌 Disability Support Worker (Townsville)
🏢 Total Life Empowerment
📍 Townsville