Lifestyle Attendants (support workers)

Lifestyle Attendants (support workers) provide support both in-home and within the community to our customers who have varied disabilities. As our customers have unique needs, services are tailored to each individual customer. We give our customers the power to control their services, with the majority of customers self-directing their service. We hire across Metropolitan Adelaide, Western, Northern and North-eastern suburbs, Riverland Region and Kangaroo Island.

• Providing personal care, e.g. showering, dressing, transferring (manual transfer or hoist transfer), hair care, nail care and make-up
• Complex health support: PEG feeding, bowel and continence care, medication assistance, ventilator
• Meal preparation: Preparation of breakfast, lunch or dinner and/or assistance with eating
• Domestic assistance: May include bed making, general cleaning, washing dishes, doing laundry and any reasonable request
• Community access: Assisting out in the community, including when shopping, at events, family occasions, and social outings. Can also include assistance at work, school or place of study
• Transport: Assistance travelling to and from shopping, specialised classes, events, appointments, work or school

• South Australian Drivers Licence and own reliable vehicle
• Manual Handling Certificate (within the last 2 years)
• First Aid Certificate (within the last 3 years)
• DCSI Screening Clearance (working with children or disability-related) (within the last 3 years)
• Previous experience working with people with a disability
• Certificate in Disabilities, Aged Care or Community is highly desirable.

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