Community Support Worker
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Community Services · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $35 - $45/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
If caring for people is what you do best, kabayan, this could be your next step. A growing community and in-home support service in Sydney is hiring a full-time Community Support Worker to stand beside clients and their families when life gets hard.
Your days would mix listening and doing: sitting with clients to understand what is going on, planning the right support, linking them with other services and following up on how they are going. You would support older people, people with disabilities, children, young people and whole families, always with their dignity and independence in mind.
This position is for applicants who are already in Australia. The employer also says sponsorship may be available for suitably qualified and eligible candidates through subclass 407, 482, 494 or 186, subject to employer approval, visa requirements, occupation eligibility and individual circumstances.
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Key Responsibilities
- Look at each client's situation and plan, build and lead educational, training and support programmes
- Sit down with clients to find out about personal, social, emotional or financial struggles and what support would help
- Follow each client's progress, wellbeing and participation and report on it
- Point clients to community organisations, welfare agencies, healthcare providers and other services they can use
- Understand what the community needs and which health, welfare, tenancy, employment and training resources are there
- Keep in touch with community groups, government departments, welfare agencies and private organisations
- Care for individuals and families in practical and emotional ways, especially children, older people and people with disabilities
- Guide young people going through social, emotional and financial challenges
- Support eligible clients in justice or rehabilitation programmes if the service has them
- Help put together funding submissions, case files, progress reports and reports for government
- Write and review individual support plans that protect independence, dignity and inclusion, and speak up for clients' rights and their access to programmes and resources
Requirements & Eligibility
- A completed Diploma of Community Services, or a Bachelor's degree in Community Services, or another relevant equivalent qualification
- Relevant experience in community services, disability support, aged care, social welfare or a related service
- Strong skills in communicating, getting along with people and solving problems
- Understanding of community support principles and person-centred care
- Ability to coordinate support services, keep accurate client records and work independently or within a multidisciplinary team
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