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Being a Disability Support Worker, you will be providing care and assistance to people with physical and mental health disability.

You will be supporting our participants to reach their individual goals, to become more independent and to get much more out of life.

Disability support worker job can be challenging but also exceptionally rewarding, seeing you are making a genuine difference to participant’s life as well as the lives of their families and the communities in which they live.

If you would like to become a Disability Support Worker at Relax Healthcare a short overview is provided containing some of the things you need to know and the information on required qualifications and checks, additional training to help you perform at your best, how you can apply for current roles.

In general disability service providers require that you have a professional qualification in disability or

community services.

For example, a Certificate III in Individual Support

(CHC33015) or a Certificate IV in Disability

(CHC43115).

You can get the necessary qualifications from a wide range of registered training organisations

such as Open Colleges, and TAFE.

To be successful as a Disability Support Worker, it is important to participate in continuous learning.

Each Healthcare service provider will provide their own job training.

Relax Healthcare provides a wide range of support and training for a rewarding career in healthcare Services.

• foundational skills training
• Complex behavior training
• work safety training
• restrictive practices training
• Medication training
• Manual handling training

Some of the duties and tasks you will do include:

• Assist people with daily living and personal care activities.
• Apply a client-centred approach in delivering services and support.
• Providing community access to clients so they can improve social skills and confidence.
• Assist with high-level manual handling tasks.
• Providing emotional support and friendship.
• Help clients develop skills and participate in community activities.
• Facilitating daily personal hygiene and dressing tasks.
• Performing home based tasks such as food preparation and housework.

Certifications that you need

As a disability support worker, it is essential that you get a few certifications including a current working with children/vulnerable people check, a first aid and CPR certificate and that you have passed your NDIS module, and current National Police Records Check and manual handling check as you will be working with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

Working with children and vulnerable peoples checks

Being as no national framework for these checks the following information will help you understand what you need based on the state you live in.

NSW Working with Children Check

• In New South Wales this is a prerequisite for child-related work and valid for 5 years, confirm it is valid for paid employment, not volunteer work
• Apply online: https://relaxhealthcare.com.au/contact/

Queensland

• If you are living in Queensland, you must hold a blue card. Blue Cards are valid for 3 years and make sure it is valid for paid employment, not volunteer work

Apply online: https://relaxhealthcare.com.au/contact/