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Job Summary: Proserpine QLD Casual

Job Details: Comprehensive training & induction provided + regular skills upgrades
Regular shifts: flexibility of casual work with the security of regular hours
Grow your career & develop long-term professional relationships
Spinal Life is looking for a Support Workers in Proserpine to provide support to a person with a physical disability in their home.
Comprehensive training & induction provided + regular skills upgrades
Regular shifts: flexibility of casual work with the security of regular hours
Grow your career & develop long-term professional relationships

Spinal Life Australia is a not-for-profit organisation passionate in our commitment to rebuilding lives, promoting and celebrating independence, and preventing spinal injuries. Our Personal Support & Home Care Services team support people across Queensland with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities so that they can live the life they choose. We're currently looking for a Personal Support Workers to join our team and provide support to a client in Proserpine.

A career as a Support Worker means:

Our clients are decision makers who plan and organise their own lives and make their own choices. Your role is to provide the support our clients need and choose so they can live the life that they want to. Working closely with a client in their own home you'll assist with a wide range of quite personal daily activities such as:
Transferring in and out of bed, chairs and providing other mobility assistance
Showering
Grooming, shaving, applying make-up and doing hair
Toileting (including changing catheter bags and supporting bowel care)
Community access
Housework, meal preparation and other light domestic assistance
We do things differently at Spinal Life. You'll be part of a person's ongoing support team, which means you'll get to build long-term professional relationships with your clients and your teammates.

Our successful Support Workers are:
Emotionally aware, resilient and responsive to the changing support needs of our clients
Sensitive and adaptable to clients' different personalities, cultural backgrounds and family/house dynamics
Genuine, reliable workers with inherent integrity and respect for individual choice and client confidentiality
You'll also need to:
be available for the following shifts:
Week 1:Tuesday & Friday 8.00 - 10.30
Week 2:Sat/Tue/Fri 8.00 - 10.30
IMPORTANT - The successful applicant will need availability over the Christmas period which will include SLEEPOVERS.


You MUST live in Proserpine or the surrounding area
Be able to apply for a Positive Notice 'Yellow Card' and Working with Children 'Blue Card'
Have a current driver licence
Be capable of doing a physically demanding role - you'll be lifting, bending, carrying, crouching, driving and working in restricted spaces such as shower stalls, bathrooms, and other parts of clients' homes.
Apply now and you'll enjoy all the benefits of working with Spinal Life Australia, including:
Comprehensive training and induction
Ongoing training and development - we say it because we actually do it!
Internal career progression opportunities
Salary packaging arrangements that can increase your take-home pay
Penalty rates for weekends, nights and public holidays that make a real difference in your pay packet
Regular team meetings and celebrations of success - you're part of a big team where your contribution is really valued
The opportunity to really make a difference - in your team, in your organisation and in your clients' lives.