About the role

We're looking for a calm, consistent and caring support worker to join a small team supporting a participant with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriplegia), severe intellectual impairment, epilepsy and behaviours of concern.Non-verbal and communicates through gesture, behaviour and communication switches. She is warm and social, and loves country music . This role suits someone who values patience, consistency and following a plan.

Key responsibilities

- Follow her Behaviour Support Plan accurately and consistently, including proactive strategies, responding to cues of distress and recording behaviour data

- Run the afternoon routine: bath, low-stimulus downtime, snack, and community or sensory activities

- Provide personal care, including toileting, showering, dressing, manual handling and transfers

- Support safe vehicle travel and genuine community participation

- Support mealtimes and teach communication using BIGmack switches

- Offer scheduled one-on-one interaction and sensory tools throughout each shift

- Administer medication from a Webster pack as directed, and give PRN pain relief only per protocol

- Support the evening and bedtime routine, including night-time safety

- Respond to seizures and other medical concerns using her emergency plans

- Complete accurate shift notes and incident reports, and communicate openly with her family, therapists and behaviour support practitioner

Essential





- NDIS Worker Screening Check and Blue Card (working with a minor)

- NDIS Worker Orientation Module (Quality, Safety and You)

- Current First Aid and CPR

- Experience supporting people with complex physical and intellectual disability

- Commitment to positive behaviour support, and willingness to be trained on her plan within the first month

- Understanding that restrictive practices are only used when authorised and trained

- Ability to stay calm and non-reactive around self-injurious behaviour

- Reliable, with a driver's licence and the ability to support safely in a vehicle

Desirable

- Certificate III or IV in Individual Support or Disability

- Experience with epilepsy, medication administration and switch-based communication

- Experience with sensory-based support and intensive interaction

- Ability to commit to a regular roster, as consistency is key for her

- Based in or near Walloon / Ipswich

Personal qualities

- Warm, patient and emotionally steady

- Observant, noticing early cues of distress and responding gently

- Consistent, because every worker following the same plan is what helps her most

- Team-minded and open to coaching and feedback

Training provided

- Full behaviour support plan training and in-person coaching from the behaviour support practitioner

- Epilepsy and emergency medication training

- Medication administration training

- Ongoing observation and support with plan implementation

📌 Disability Support worker (Walloon)
🏢 Kuremara Care
📍 Walloon