I am a person with a disability, I have autism, ADHD and I am a powerchair and ventilator user. I am heavily involved in disability sport and currently working a full time job in the disability sector. I need assistance with my daily living tasks, community access, parenting responsibilities and someone who will help me culminate my career in sport and the work that I do.

I enjoy a variety of sports, playing and watching I love video games, binge watching tv shows and heading to the cinemas for newly released movies. Sometimes I like doing all of those alone with a support worker, other times I may be with friends or family. There are mutiple family/friend dynamics that swap and change each day and week.

I need assistance with all aspects of my daily care, as well as support with anxiety and ADHD, especially around task management and decision making. I'm young & fun and like my care to feel carefree. This is an intimate job, as you'll be assisting me with personal hygiene and other things, so I really look for someone who is fun, understanding, responsible, clean, can take direction but also take intiative. I am an introvert and have anxiety and so I am looking for someone who can understand when I am feeling anxious and need support even when I cannot communicate this.

Supporting me means:

I make my own decisions, I plan and organise my own life and I can make my own choices but sometimes I do need support with this, especially when I am overwhelmed and anxious. Your role is to provide the support I need and choose so I can live the life I want.





Working closely with me in my own home you'll assist with a wide range of personal daily activities such as:

- Transferring in and out of bed, chairs and providing other mobility assistance
- Showering, grooming, shaving
- Toileting
- Handling ventilator and mobility equipment
- Assisting me in my role as an active father, including tasks involving young children
- Community access
- Housework, meal preparation and other light domestic assistance
- Admin tasks, note taking etc

You'll be part of my ongoing support team, which means you'll get to build long-term professional relationships with me and my other support staff.

Successful Support Workers are:

- Emotionally aware, resilient and responsive to changing support needs
- Open-minded with outstanding communcation skills
- Sensitive and adaptable to different personalities, cultural backgrounds and family/house dynamics
- Experience with young children or a strong willingness to assist with parenting tasks
- Genuine, reliable with inherent integrity and respect for individual choice and confidentiality

You'll also need to:

- Be available to workfrom 6am in the morning, evenings and some weekends.There may also be overnight shifts available.
- Have a current driver licence and be able to drive my van.
- Be capable of doing a physically demanding role - you'll be lifting, bending, carrying, crouching, driving and working in restricted spaces
- Maintain a high level of reliability and punctuality within a busy family household.

📌 Disability Support Worker (Melbourne)
🏢 seek.com.au
📍 Melbourne