Job Description
Disability Support Worker: Community experience with complex care experience
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Enhanced Care Association – Forest Lake QLD
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We are seeking recent team members for day shifts, community access shifts, and overnight sleepovers, who have experience in complex / high intensity care.
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DAY SHIFTS Shifts start from 6am - 9am, and finish between 3pm - 6pm. For example, 6am - 3pm, or 9am - 6pm.
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This role is NOT suitable between school hours if parent needs to do school pick up.
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Majority of shift lengths are 7 - 10 hours in duration.
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From 6am - 6pm, supports are 1:1.
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OVERNIGHT SHIFTS: 3pm to 10pm, then sleepover shift until 6am, 6am - 9am.
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Shifts are all based at our sites at Jindalee and Forest Lake.
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Participant transport is via our vans (not worker vehicles)
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Day shifts include personal care such as changing aides and showering; mealtime support, medication administration, as well as community activities or supporting to attend therapy.
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ECA's respite and SIL homes are residential homes. All shifts include some house duties such as meal preparation, house cleaning, preparing the bed for a participant, and laundry.
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This role is NOT suitable for someone who can go only work during school hours.
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This role is NOT suitable for people seeking a second job between other SIL sleepovers.
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We are seeking new team members for day shifts, community access shifts, and overnight sleepovers, who have experience in complex / high intensity care.
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DAY SHIFTS Shifts start from 6am - 9am, and finish between 3pm - 6pm. For example, 6am - 3pm, or 9am - 6pm.
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This role is NOT suitable between school hours if parent needs to do school pick up.
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Majority of shift lengths are 7 - 10 hours in duration.
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From 6am - 6pm, supports are 1:1.
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OVERNIGHT SHIFTS:



3pm to 10pm, then sleepover shift until 6am, 6am - 9am.
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Shifts are all based at our sites at Jindalee and Forest Lake.
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Participant transport is via our vans (not worker vehicles)
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Day shifts include personal care such as changing aides and showering; mealtime support, medication administration, as well as community activities or supporting to attend therapy.
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ECA's respite and SIL homes are residential homes. All shifts include some house duties such as meal preparation, house cleaning, preparing the bed for a participant, and laundry.
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This role is NOT suitable for someone who can go only work during school hours.
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This role is NOT suitable for people seeking a second job between other SIL sleepovers.
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YOUR EXPERIENCE
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We are seeking support workers with a passion for providing individualised, quality supports and bringing positive energy to the workplace.
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You must have experience working with young people who live with multiple, complex disabilities, and experience communicating with young people who are non-verbal.
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Must Haves:
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High Intensity support experience - PBSP, Autism, Non verbal, meal management / Dysphagia management, PEG, Catheter.
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Minimum 2 years' experience providing high intensity supports, including personal care (showering, aid changes).
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Experience in Positive Behaviour Supports and Maybo.
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Experience in hoisting and loading wheelchairs in a safe and efficient manner.
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Availability across at least 4 days a week.
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Available to do shifts between 6am - 6pm.
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Available to work at least 50 hours each fortnight.
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Current First Aid and CPR.
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Current drivers licence and reliable vehicle.
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Desirable
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Experience in epilepsy supports and completed Midazolam training.
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Experience driving a Toyota Commuter (long body van)
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Available and willing to do 1x sleepover shift per fortnight.
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ABOUT US
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Enhanced Care Association (ECA) is a not-for-profit disability provider that values personalised, quality care over profits.
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ECA provides short-term accommodation, SIL and community access supports to young people with complex, multiple disabilities.
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Our respite house is located at Sinnamon Park. Our SIL homes are located at Forest Lake.
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We are seeking support workers who have experience in complex health requirements and want long-term employment with a smaller organisation that cares for our participants, their families and our staff.
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WHY WORK FOR US
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ECA is small, not-for-profit disability provider providing supports to just 16 participants. Our board members are the parents of the participants - we are care-focused, not profit driven.
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Our management office is onsite. There is no complex bureaucracy of who is supervising, just direct line of communication with an open-door policy.
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Annual training week that staff are paid to attend.
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Level 2.4 SCHADS, $*****/hr casual rate for ordinary time and access to salary sacrifice.
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This is a great opportunity to join a family-led organisation where you get to know each participant and make a difference in their lives.

📌 Disability Support Worker: Community Experience With Complex Care Experience (Queensland)
🏢 Enhanced Care Association
📍 Queensland