About the Organisation
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the role
We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic, client focused Female Disability Support Worker to join our team at 2 Edmund Rice Pde. Watsonia North.
At Life Without Barriers we consider gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, and so we ask that only Female applicants apply.
Nestled in the back streets of Watsonia our staff team provide personalised active support to four residents who live wonderfully independent lives. We pride ourselves on community access, introducing new experiences and maintaining consistency with activities that have become an important part of the residents’ lives. You must be willing to swimming with one of our resident too.
The residents are jovial, love a chat and are a tight knit little family as three of the four have been together for over 20 years. We are fortunate to be situated in an area with great accessibility to public transport, local cafes, and a shopping centre that the residents all utilise and have formed great community relationships with many of the shop owners. If you see yourself as someone with a hop in your step and enjoy getting out and about in the community then this opportunity may be the one for you!
Supported Independent Living (SIL) is supporting people with disability in shared housing or in their own home, providing various supports including personal care and daily living assistance. You can expect to work across a 24/7 roster.
Please see below roster. Roster Split- 33:30/36:30
Key Responsibilities include:
- Provide quality direct support to service users in line with their support needs, the programs they are accessing, and all support plans including the service users Individual Plan
- Increase the service users’ skills through independence, personal growth and development through the provision of active support and their enhanced participation as a valued member of their community
- Implement development programs and identify and support learning opportunities for service users
- Assist in the delivery of programs that facilitate service users’ development of social networks and inclusion in community activities
Skills & Experience
- Minimum Cert IV Qualified in Disability, Community Welfare or similar
- A current Provide First Aid Certificate & CPR
- A current unrestricted Driver Licence
- Hold or willing to obtain the NDIS workers screening check
- A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities
- The ability to develop a positive relationship with service users and to support their Individual Personal Plan
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact recruitment@lwb.org.au
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on 10 December 2025.