In-Demand support practitioner Jobs in ashfield nsw

The female-only requirement is in place to support the trauma-informed needs of this home — a genuine occupational qualification under s.27 NDIS Act and s.31 Sex Discrimination Act.

The Role

You find meaning in the everyday — a cup of tea, a walk, sitting alongside someone while they paint or garden. You're confident reading and following a support plan, applying your first aid training in real time, and bringing a mental-health-aware, trauma-informed approach when harder moments come. You promote independence as you go — knowing the home itself, and the rhythms that hold it, always need holding.

The home is a small co-living house in Chatswood — up to three residents. A wraparound team of coordinators, behaviour support practitioners and allied health sits around it, all reading from the same picture.

SCHADS Level 2 Pay Point 4

This is an experienced frontline support role, implementing established plans. The House Coordinator and clinicians are readily available. Progression to Level 3 may be available depending on qualifications and career aspirations.

About Coworth Life

Coworth Life is a community services and individual supports provider operating across metropolitan Sydney. Established in 2020, we work through a transdisciplinary model — the key support worker approach — spanning case management, capacity building, allied health and clinical support, positive behaviour support and direct individual support, shaped in partnership with participants, families and support teams.

What You'll Do

Support residents to uphold the home's standards, and share the everyday — meals, walks, art, gardening, quiet creative time
Provide personal care and daily living support, at each resident's pace
Support each resident's choice and capability — work alongside their goals, step back as their independence grows
Read and follow each support plan with skill; recognise behaviour as communication
Apply your first aid training confidently when harder moments come, with a trauma-informed approach
Coexist respectfully with an assistance animal on the support team
Stay overnight on rostered sleepover shifts (own room provided; SCHADS sleepover allowance, plus an ex-gratia payment equivalent to 1-hour overtime if called to work during the sleep period)
Keep electronic shift notes, logs and incident reports on a device before shift ends

Your Regular Roster

Casual pool, three openings. Shifts cover a 7-day pattern: day, evening and sleepover. Typical shift lengths 4–8 hours. Rosters posted 2 weeks ahead with 7 days' notice for changes (SCHADS Award). Typical workload 20–35 hours/week, depending on availability and shift mix. Sleepovers: own room, sleepover allowance, plus an ex-gratia payment equivalent to 1-hour overtime if called to work during the sleep period.

What You Need — Essential

Right to work in Australia
1+ year of disability or community-services support experience, with trauma-informed practice as your operating frame
Role classified at SCHADS Level 2 Pay Point 4; Level 3 may be available under special circumstances
Behaviour support experience and comfort in a multidisciplinary team
Female worker — genuine occupational requirement, s.31 Sex Discrimination Act + s.27 NDIS Act
Current NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance
Current First Aid + CPR — confident applying it in real time, including seizure response
Current driver's licence and a reliable insured vehicle (comprehensive cover suitable for transporting residents)
Available across evenings, weekends and sleepovers
Confident using a phone or tablet for electronic shift notes, logs and incident reports
Physically capable of safe personal care and manual handling

What You Need — Preferred

Cert III or IV in Individual Support, Disability, Community Services or Mental Health
Mental Health First Aid certification
prior experience with episodic conditions — epilepsy, FND, dissociative or psychosocial presentations
Lived experience of disability or psychosocial recovery

What We're Looking For

Someone who:
Follows support plans precisely and gives feedback when something needs to evolve
Commits to behaviour support strategies; understands progress takes time
Stays calm under pressure
Keeps healthy professional boundaries — sustainable support
Communicates clearly with family and the team
Maintains consistency across every shift
Shows initiative within scope — implements established plans, escalates when something falls outside them

What's In It For You

ERO-uplifted casual pay above award minimum
After-hours escalation always available — never alone with a hard moment
Direct access to the wraparound team — answers from people who actually know the home
Paid refresher training: participant specific, manual handling, MH crisis response, trauma-informed practice
Career pathways into behaviour support, allied health assistance, coordination or training
Predictable rosters — 2 weeks ahead with 7 days' notice for changes
Real team backup when shifts get hard

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Job Type: Casual

Pay: $43.23 – $47.16 per hour

Benefits:

Professional development assistance

Licence/Certification:

First Aid Certification (Required)
NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance (Required)
Driver Licence (Required)

Work Authorisation:

Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person

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