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
A growing community and in-home support service in Sydney is hiring a full-time Community Support Worker, and it is a role where your people skills come first.
Your work would start with getting to know each client. From there you plan support, run programmes, link clients with agencies and check on their progress. Clients include older people, people with disabilities, young people and families. Next step: compare your own experience with the duties below.
The role is open only to candidates who are already in Australia. The employer also says sponsorship may be available for suitably qualified, eligible candidates under subclass 407, 482, 494 or 186, if the employer approves and the visa rules, the eligibility of the occupation and your personal circumstances allow it.
Then update your English CV. Show your Diploma of Community Services or Bachelor's degree clearly, and add one or two examples of support plans or referrals you have made. Update your community support CV with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Get to know each client and plan, develop and run educational, training and support programmes around their needs
- Use one-to-one interviews to understand a client's personal, social, emotional and financial difficulties and the help they need
- Follow up on progress, wellbeing and participation and put it into regular reports
- Link clients to welfare agencies, healthcare providers, community organisations and other services
- Find out what the local community needs and which health, welfare, shelter, employment and training resources it has
- Build good working ties with welfare agencies, private organisations, community groups and government departments
- Offer practical and emotional support to families and individuals, especially children, older people and people with disabilities
- Guide young people through social, emotional and financial challenges
- Support eligible clients in justice or rehabilitation programmes where they are relevant to the service
- Help with funding submissions, case documentation, progress reports and reports for government bodies
- Develop and review individual support plans that encourage independence, dignity and social inclusion, and advocate for clients' rights and access to community programmes and resources
Requirements & Eligibility
- You have completed a Diploma of Community Services, or hold a Bachelor's degree in Community Services or a relevant equivalent qualification
- You have relevant experience in community services, disability support, aged care, social welfare or related services
- You have strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- You understand person-centred care and community support principles
- You can coordinate support services
- You keep accurate client records
- You can work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
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