Flourish Community Solutions has Disability Support Worker contractor opportunities in the Rockhampton Area for 2024. This work is specifically for shift work, shift patterns will be a rotating roster the hours of  6 am – 2 pm & 2 pm. – 10 pm, including weekends and public holidays. (additional w/e & PH rates apply.) Starting Early 2024. please do not apply if this is not available to you 

We are keen to hear from skilled and experienced support workers, who are qualified and have extensive experience with disability clients both physical and cognitive disabilities. Flexibility and the willingness to travel within the region is highly desirable. Opportunities for varied pieces of work, and creative opportunities within the field.

Who are we? 

Flourish Community Solutions provides intensive family support, parent mentoring, and early intervention solutions to young people and families in need. Working alongside families and young people wherever they are in their journey with a focus on keeping families together and safe parenting.

Servicing families and communities across Australia, Flourish Community Solutions, delivers a high standard of specialist intervention, psychosocial education, therapeutic trauma-informed intervention, parenting guidance, and consultation to facilitate growth and achieve better outcomes for families and communities.

Our Values:

People First, Compassion, Empowerment

Purpose: Lifting others up to achieve their true potential

Your Opportunity:

In this role, you will facilitate individualized support to achieve sustainable change in families with complex needs, whilst working alongside the family to prevent a family from entering or re-entering the statutory child protection system. 

You must be personable, caring, and have a genuine passion for helping others. Direct work with families and young people is a must and you will be required to guide, mentor, and facilitate their development, implement support strategies, connect them to services and community, support and guide them in safe behavior or safe parenting, implement disability support plans, mental health support and drive their intervention journey forward with them at the forefront.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing specialist therapeutic intervention to children and families experiencing child protection issues and direct youth support, working with disability mental health, DFV, AOD, and complex behaviors may be required. 
•  Assistance to access community connections and education in parenting upskilling and psychosocial support is required.
• Transportation to appointments or contact arrnagements.
• Engage with families and young people, explore mutual obligations, complete required forms, and develop collaborative goals from a strengths-based, child-centered, family-focused practice framework
• Engage with clients based on a professional assessment of critically-of-needs, risk assessment, and safety planning alongside the family.
• Engage with the community, parents, and children to enhance their opportunities, reduce their vulnerabilities and connect to their community
• Provide early intervention-focused services, support families to strengthen the care and protection of children living at home, strengthen parenting practice and increase the safety and wellbeing of the family.
• Develop and drive the case plan working alongside families and stakeholders, providing appropriate links and connections where possible
• Respect and seek cultural advice to ensure client families have access to a range of culturally safe support options, where appropriate.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team of professionals.

Requirements for Success:

Desirable  – Diploma or Tertiary Qualifications in Youth Work, disability support Community Support, Social Work, 

Consideration Cert 4 level – plus extensive proven experience in this field.

• Experience in implementing therapeutic interventions and disability supports with young people and/or families.
• Understanding of Child Protection legislation and child protection concerns and risk factors, problem solvers
• Demonstrated understanding of Early Intervention principles in working with families with multiple and complex needs
• Knowledge and awareness of community and regional connections to assist clients with their access to community
• Understanding of Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care to manage the personal impact of exposure to critical and complex issues
• Demonstrated crisis management, referral, and advocacy skills.
• Case management/NDIS experience
• Manual Handling & personal care certificate
• Ability to perform casework with a level of autonomy, seeking support from upline when required.
• Have a creative perspective when working with case management.

We would like to encourage people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to apply. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake referee checks and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people. 

As a contractor, you will work under your own ABN and be offered pieces of work. You need your vehicle and laptop/tablet to complete documentation. 

Why work with us?

Attractive remuneration based on individual qualifications and experience

Travel Allowance

QLeave allowance

A variety of working hours

Full time opportunities are available – which may lead to permanent 

Opportunities for other areas of work such as providing training, assessment, outreach, or consultancy (qualification dependant)

Supervision and guidance from a highly skilled management team

Training opportunities, professional development, and guidance

Work alongside a multidisciplinary team

An inclusive, collaborative, and empowering culture

Quick start time – Pending checks & documentation

How to apply

Current resume and cover letter addressing your experience in the requirements for success via email to [email protected] Please note no phone applications will be accepted. 

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Apologies, due to the number of applications we receive unsuitable candidates will not be contacted.