About the role

You will provide individual support that reflects each person's interests, goals, communication style and support needs. This role includes providing dedicated 1:1 support across activity programs and supported employment, helping participants build independence, confidence, practical skills and social connections, and supporting people to participate in workplace tasks at our Arncliffe and Kogarah sites. You will encourage choice and participation while respecting each person's dignity and preferences, follow individual support plans and work consistently with the wider team, maintain clear progress notes and promptly communicate concerns or changes in support needs, and help deliver enjoyable, inclusive activities within our services and the community.

We are also looking for someone to take the lead in organising our activity calendar. This responsibility may form part of one of the positions, depending on the successful applicants' skills and experience.

Key responsibilities

- Providing dedicated 1:1 support across activity programs and supported employment
- Helping participants build independence, confidence, practical skills and social connections
- Supporting people to participate in workplace tasks at our Arncliffe and Kogarah sites
- Encouraging choice and participation while respecting each person's dignity and preferences
- Following individual support plans and working consistently with the wider team
- Maintaining clear progress notes and promptly communicating concerns or changes in support needs
- Helping deliver enjoyable,



inclusive activities within our services and the community
- Developing and maintaining a rolling six-to-eight-week activity plan for the Arncliffe Activity Hub
- Involving participants in choosing activities that reflect their interests and goals
- Planning our fortnightly Saturday Connect program and weekly two-hour Friday after-work social gathering at Kogarah

About you

- Experience supporting people with disability, particularly people with intellectual disability or autism
- A respectful, patient and person-centred approach
- The ability to build positive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
- Reliability, initiative and explicit communication skills
- Confidence working independently with a participant and collaboratively with colleagues
- Good documentation and organisational skills
- Availability to work across both Arncliffe and Kogarah
- For the coordination responsibilities, experience planning activities or programs and organising the people and resources needed to deliver them
- A Certificate III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Community Services or a related field will be highly regarded
- NDIS Worker Screening clearance and current First Aid and CPR qualifications required before commencing; a driver's licence will be highly regarded

About us

The Intellectual Disability Foundation of St George (IDF) has supported people with intellectual disability since 1962. We provide opportunities for people to learn, work, connect and participate in their community.

📌 Disability Support Workers & Activities Coordinator (Kogarah)
🏢 The Intellectual Disability Foundation of St George
📍 Kogarah