Disability Support Workers
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Position Overview:
As a Disability Support Worker, you will play a crucial role in implementing training and support services that enhance the living, employment, social, and recreational skills of individuals with disabilities.
Your work will focus on promoting community inclusion, independence, decision-making, and personal choice, tailored to each participant’s unique needs.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Participation: Support participants in engaging in age-appropriate activities, including employment, in-home support, and community access.
- Direct Care Assistance: Provide individualized care as outlined in service plans, ensuring each participant’s needs are met with dignity and respect.
- Safety Monitoring: Regularly assess the safety and well-being of participants, promptly reporting any concerns to management.
- Training & Support: Deliver one-on-one or small group training tailored to the specific needs of each participant.
- Documentation: Accurately record relevant information regarding the support provided in participant notes, ensuring compliance with all documentation standards.
- Lifestyle Service Planning: Collaborate in the Lifestyle Service Planning process, monitoring outcomes to ensure participants achieve their goals.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with participants, their families, case managers, and other professionals to support individualized goals.
- Program Development: Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of training and behavior programs to help participants reach identified objectives.
- Key Worker Role: Take on the responsibilities of a key worker for designated participants, preparing monthly progress reports.
- Communication & Teamwork: Engage actively in a team environment through open communication, participation in staff meetings, and policy reviews.
- Performance Development: Participate in Performance Development meetings to identify and pursue ongoing training and support opportunities.
- Shift Notification: Inform the service of any inability to work scheduled shifts as early as possible.
- Case Reviews: Contribute to case reviews alongside Employment Consultants and Facilitators.
