The Royal Children's Hospital

Disability Support Worker. Casual - Canberra

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Onsite  •  7 days ago
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Job Description

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 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 and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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

Provide one-on-one support to individuals requiring temporary, low-intensity assistance to remain safely in their homes while recovering from an illness or injury. Due to the short-term nature of the program, the clients you support may change regularly depending on their individual needs and recovery progress.

Candidates must be comfortable undertaking household cleaning duties to help clients maintain a safe and healthy living environment. Casual shifts are available across weekdays between 9am and 5pm, with occasional weekend work. Short, split shifts with travel required between clients.

Key Responsibilities

  • Domestic assistance (light cleaning such as but not limited to mopping, vacuuming, laundry, changing bed linen, ironing, cleaning bathrooms, wiping benches, dusting)
  • Documenting and progress note keeping
  • Develop rapport and strong relationships with the people we support and their families

Skills & Experience

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to build relationships and strong rapport with clients and their families
  • Current First Aid and CPR Certificate (must be obtained prior to employment)
  • Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence and own registered and reliable vehicle

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Working with Vulnerable People Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

Benefits

  • Casual hourly rate from $43.22 plus Super
  • Do meaningful work, positively impacting lives through relationships
  • Access to wellbeing program for employees and families
  • Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Rianne Gifford at 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 Wednesday the 27th of May 2026.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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