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Description
About Access Foundation
Access Foundation Perth WA
Aged & Disability Support (Community Services & Development)
Full time Position
Key Requirements
- Minimum two years of experience in a similar role
- Keeping sensitive information confidential
- Positive attitude towards the participants and their family.
- Monitoring and reporting client progress.
- Assessing community need and resources for health, welfare, housing, employment, training and other facilities and services.
- Staff must be enthusiastic, motivated and eager to provide care and assistance to the best of their ability whilst following company.
- Standards, policies, and guidelines as well as the National Disability Service Standards.
- Helping participants achieve their individual goals.
- Assessing client needs and development and planning including implementing educational, training and supportive programs.
- Refer client to agencies to get additional help.
- Supporting families and providing education and care for children and disabled persons in adult service units, group housing and government institutions.
- Assisting young people to solve social, emotional and financial problems
- Discussing clients and understanding to assess the extent of difficulties.
- Support with daily living and personal care/ homecare and domestic duties.
- Arrange and supervise activities designed to enhance the physical, social and emotional well-being of participants.
Personal Qualities.
- Liaising with community groups, welfare agencies, government bodies and private businesses about community issues and promoting awareness of community resources and services.
- Supervising offenders on probation and parole
- Preparing paperwork for funding and resources, and documents to government bodies and other agencies
- Integrity, Empathy, Respectful for the rights of others
- Compassion, Organisation skills
- Excellence ability to think for yourself
- Able to work autonomously, responsible, supportive and caring attitude
- Sensitive, Patient, innovative
- Good people skills with the ability to relate well to the participants
- Accommodating to the different personalities and abilities of the participants
Essential Criteria
- First Aid Certificate/CPR Certificate or willingness to obtain one
- Valid Driver’s Licence/own reliable, licensed car with comprehensive car insurance
- National Police Check
- Current Working with Children Check or willingness to get one
- Need to have full working rights in Australia or an appropriate visa
- Manual Handling Certificate or willingness to get one
Beneficial
- Certificate III/IV in Disability Services, Aged Care or equivalent.
- Other qualifications related to this position.
Salary: Not Specified
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