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Provide support to individuals and families by carrying a range of household and personal care tasks.

Support Workers are vital carers for vulnerable individuals and their families. Support Workers provide practical support, such as helping with household tasks, filling out paperwork, administering medication and personal care. They also often provide emotional support, too.

Helping with household tasks.
Providing personal care support.
Administering medication.
Helping clients learn new skills.
Supporting clients to start employment.
Doing grocery shopping and preparing meals.
Working with doctors and therapists to ensure support.
Demonstrating and supporting new life skills, such as budgeting.
Adjusting and adapting communication and body language to suit client needs.
Supporting clients to develop new hobbies and interests.
Transporting and accompanying clients to appointments.

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

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Latest reviews from 145 Support Workers surveyed on SEEK.

Support Worker is a job where you need a passion for caring.

Certificate III in Assistant in Nursing

Medium (20-199 employees)

Being a support worker especially in the community, is extremely rewarding and meaningful. Most of the people who I care for now are elderly. These people want to stay in their homes for as is long as...

There are many many challenges in this role. One of them unfortunately be that of their families. Sometimes when the family isn't supportive or helpful they can become a hindrance rather than a help. ...

Disability support worker can be a great career if there was more opportunity to further your development

Certificate IV in Community Services

Disability support worker

Supporting clients/ customers to live the way they want, and helping them making good decisions. Advocating for them when things go wrong or needs to be done for them to have basic human rights.

Usually management not recognizing staffs achievement with positive outcomes. Can be challenging if you don't have knowledge in AOD issues and cognitive behaviors.

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